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<p>[QUOTE="spartcom5, post: 9437666, member: 5213"]Gambled on this at a flea market... I had it tested with XRF and it came up as solid 10k two times and 11k one time. On the fourth time it came up as 10k GOLD PLATE PROBABLE. There were multiple times where it displayed no plate probable... I went over it with a loupe 20 times and I can see no brassing on the main part of the chain except for the clasp (which is marked GF but is a much newer replacement) and the little replacement links on each end. Do you all think it is solid 10k or so? Is it true that gold alloys back then weren't always the same and varied? The xrf analysis was AU 41.14 , AG 3.65 , Zn 1.58 , Cu 48.00</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I think this is really old possibly Victorian or early 1900s? The etching on it is very cool!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437821[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spartcom5, post: 9437666, member: 5213"]Gambled on this at a flea market... I had it tested with XRF and it came up as solid 10k two times and 11k one time. On the fourth time it came up as 10k GOLD PLATE PROBABLE. There were multiple times where it displayed no plate probable... I went over it with a loupe 20 times and I can see no brassing on the main part of the chain except for the clasp (which is marked GF but is a much newer replacement) and the little replacement links on each end. Do you all think it is solid 10k or so? Is it true that gold alloys back then weren't always the same and varied? The xrf analysis was AU 41.14 , AG 3.65 , Zn 1.58 , Cu 48.00 Also I think this is really old possibly Victorian or early 1900s? The etching on it is very cool! [ATTACH=full]437819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437821[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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