Gold Platinum Palladium Silver and Other Jewellery Metals

Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver & Other Jewelry Metals

How to Test, Select & Care for Them

Renée Newman

About gold, platinum, palladium, silver, copper, bronze, brass, iron, stainless steel, Damascus steel, titanium, niobium, aluminum, tungsten carbide and cobalt chrome. Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver & Other Jewelry Metals explains how to test, buy, sell, and care for jewelry with precious and alternative metals. High-quality color photos show how these metals are creatively used in jewelry. Besides providing an historical perspective and interesting facts about the metals, this book discusses jewelry manufacturing methods, plating and responsible mining & business practices.

It also discusses:

How to read the stamps on jewelry mountings

How to identify jewelry metals

How to determine the gold content in jewelry

How to prevent and remove silver tarnish

How and where to sell your unwanted jewelry

How to spot a fair consignment contract

How to select refiners and prepare jewelry metal for them

How to clean metal jewelry  

Soft Cover/ 236 Photo's, 136 Pages