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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 810324, member: 5833"]Welcome, Leanne. All a magnet tells you is whether or not a metal contains any iron. Roman soldiers wore iron rings; most modern jewellery, even costume quality, is nonferrous. What color is the metal? I can never tell in photos. From style, it could be white gold. There's not much reliable info we can give you from photos. Afraid new pic of the mark does not help. (Don't fret; we all have experience with trying to get good photos of very small things, so understand the difficulty.) Our best advice is to take it to a jeweller. Does the ring show any signs of wear, some other color metal showing through anywhere? I don't know whether this dressy ring ever saw active wear; if it did, & is not solid gold or silver, I would expect some evidence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 810324, member: 5833"]Welcome, Leanne. All a magnet tells you is whether or not a metal contains any iron. Roman soldiers wore iron rings; most modern jewellery, even costume quality, is nonferrous. What color is the metal? I can never tell in photos. From style, it could be white gold. There's not much reliable info we can give you from photos. Afraid new pic of the mark does not help. (Don't fret; we all have experience with trying to get good photos of very small things, so understand the difficulty.) Our best advice is to take it to a jeweller. Does the ring show any signs of wear, some other color metal showing through anywhere? I don't know whether this dressy ring ever saw active wear; if it did, & is not solid gold or silver, I would expect some evidence.[/QUOTE]
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