A full-colour guide for lay people and professionals about gold, platinum, palladium, silver, copper, bronze, brass, iron, titanium, niobium, aluminium, stainless steel, Damascus steel, tungsten carbide and cobalt chrome. This book explains how to test, buy, sell, and care for jewellery with precious and alternative metals. High-quality colour photographs show how these metals are creatively used in jewellery. Besides providing an historical perspective and interesting facts about the metals, this book discusses jewellery manufacturing methods, plating and responsible mining & business practices. You will learn: How to read the stamps on jewellery mountings; How to identify jewellery metals; How to determine the gold content in jewellery; How and where to sell your unwanted jewellery; How to spot a fair consignment contract; How to select refiners and prepare shipments to them; How to prevent and remove silver tarnish; How to clean metal jewellery.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
International Jewelry Publications,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780929975474
eBay Product ID (ePID)
139809128
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver & Other Jewelry Metals: How to Test, Select & Care for Them
Author
Renee Newman
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Opinion of the People
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
137 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
340g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Renee Newman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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