What is 916 Gold?, Understanding the Purity of Gold

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Understanding the Purity of Gold
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• What is 916 Gold?
• Standardisation recognise pure from impure.
• It is the percentage of gold present in the alloy
  used to make the gold jewellery or coins.
• 91.6 of pure gold in the alloy.

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What is the difference between 22 Karat gold and
916?

• Both are same
• 916 old has a proportion of 91.6 grams pure 24
  karat gold in 100 grams of alloy
• 22/24 in percentage is 91.6.
• 22 Karat is considered as the ideal proportion.
• 24 Karat is the purest form but it is too soft
  and with low malleability to make ornaments out
  of it
• If gold is only for investment 24 Karat is
  prefered

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• What is Hallmarking?
• Process of certifying the purity and fineness of
  gold
• Done by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
• What is 916 Hallmark Gold?
• Hallmarking can assure purity and authenticity of
  gold.
• Hallmark signs can be checked on gold
• 916 hallmark gold will have a BIS-certified
  hallmark engraved on it
• Denotation will be 22K916 which corresponds to
  916 gold or 22K fineness and purity of gold.

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• Details of purity check before buying gold
• BIS Mark -
• Indicates that one of BIS licensed laboratories
  verified the purity.
• Purity in Karat and fineness
• Indicates the percentage of gold present in the
  alloy.
• 22 Karat is considered the purest to make
  jewellery
• Assaying and hallmarking centres mark/number
• Gold jewellery must be assessed for purity only
  in BIS-licensed laboratories.
• Labs logo or licence number is imprinted on the
  Jewellery.
• Jewellers identification mark
• Gold jewellery store or manufacturer is supposed
  to put their identification mark on the gold
  piece for it to be called hallmarked.

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