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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 509408, member: 8708"]This has been lurking in my jewellery box for as long as I can remember. I dug it out yesterday to do a ( very amateur) gold test on it. Got the silver sorted but struggling with reading gold tests so needed practice.</p><p>Anyway, I *think* it is gold. 9k solution did nothing to it and 14 took about 5 secs to go dark. </p><p>How would I know if it’s real Jade or not?</p><p>I know nothing about it’s heritage other than it’s oriental or even where I got it but would you repair ( if so how? ) or would that be too costly or even of good enough quality?Seems a shame to just leave it as the more I look the more I like it. I don’t know what the oriental symbols mean- any ideas?</p><p>Also I stupidly managed to get some acid on the gold and it left a dark mark on it- tried everything to get it off- Googled it and someone who worked in a jewellers said to use a normal pencil eraser- worked perfectly and gone completely!</p><p>You probably all know that but I was astounded it worked so well. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]165754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165757[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165758[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 509408, member: 8708"]This has been lurking in my jewellery box for as long as I can remember. I dug it out yesterday to do a ( very amateur) gold test on it. Got the silver sorted but struggling with reading gold tests so needed practice. Anyway, I *think* it is gold. 9k solution did nothing to it and 14 took about 5 secs to go dark. How would I know if it’s real Jade or not? I know nothing about it’s heritage other than it’s oriental or even where I got it but would you repair ( if so how? ) or would that be too costly or even of good enough quality?Seems a shame to just leave it as the more I look the more I like it. I don’t know what the oriental symbols mean- any ideas? Also I stupidly managed to get some acid on the gold and it left a dark mark on it- tried everything to get it off- Googled it and someone who worked in a jewellers said to use a normal pencil eraser- worked perfectly and gone completely! You probably all know that but I was astounded it worked so well. [ATTACH=full]165754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165757[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]165758[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]
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