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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 174313, member: 85"]If she is an estate jeweler, she should not have to test the gold content.</p><p>Old jewelry was not always marked with content. </p><p>The reason I harp on not allowing people to test the gold content, is that they often do it in a way that ruins the item.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is indeed an old Victorian piece, the value of the item will be more than the cost of the gold weight. If those are indeed amethyst from the Victorian period, they won't have been altered for deeper color. Being the deeper color makes them more desirable. And as already mentioned, those may be little rubies. Also good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 174313, member: 85"]If she is an estate jeweler, she should not have to test the gold content. Old jewelry was not always marked with content. The reason I harp on not allowing people to test the gold content, is that they often do it in a way that ruins the item. If it is indeed an old Victorian piece, the value of the item will be more than the cost of the gold weight. If those are indeed amethyst from the Victorian period, they won't have been altered for deeper color. Being the deeper color makes them more desirable. And as already mentioned, those may be little rubies. Also good.[/QUOTE]
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