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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 11865, member: 25"]<i>Terry, I tested the ruby pendant and bale with 14k acid putting it right on the piece near the top where the bale meets the finding on the pendant</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You need to be ruthless and take a file to the body of the pendant somewhere, rolled gold is thick enough to test as fine gold unless you get through the surface or hit a patch where there is wear through.</p><p>I'd expect that style of piece to be rolled gold, and with no marks I'd be ruthless about proving it is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 11865, member: 25"][I]Terry, I tested the ruby pendant and bale with 14k acid putting it right on the piece near the top where the bale meets the finding on the pendant[/I] You need to be ruthless and take a file to the body of the pendant somewhere, rolled gold is thick enough to test as fine gold unless you get through the surface or hit a patch where there is wear through. I'd expect that style of piece to be rolled gold, and with no marks I'd be ruthless about proving it is not.[/QUOTE]
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