何かを買うとき, 価格が重要 – しかし、品質も同じくらい重要であるべきです.
時間をかけて評判の良いメーカーを見つけ、価格を比較する際には品質を考慮してください。. 良い経験則は、, バーメイルのジュエリーがスターリングシルバーまたはメッキされていないゴールドのジュエリーと同様の価格の場合, then it’s likely not really vermeil.
This is often an issue of “getting what you pay for.”
This type of jewelry is often more expensive than gold plating, but obviously less expensive than pure gold, そして:
- there is no risk of an allergic reaction to an unknown core metal (because all core metals in vermeil are sterling or pure silver),
- there is usually a higher grade of gold used,
- is more durable since it’s required to have a minimum of 2.5 ミクロン, where a lot of gold plating is simply a thin layer that often wears off, そして
- it is malleable for artists to create unique designs.
In order to tell that you are purchasing the real thing and not gold plated pieces is to look at the coloration and the weight.
This kind of gold jewelry is usually sold with 14 カラット (最小), 18 カラット, または 24 karat yellow gold, or in a rose gold.
Less expensive gold plated pieces are usually 10 カラット.
While gold plated jewelry has a known marking system (GP, HGP, RGP, HGE, or GEP), vermeil does not.
What you can look for is a stamp with a standard silver purity value. This will tell you that the core metal is silver. 見たら 925 it would denote 92.5% 銀…letting you know that the core metal is a 92.5% 銀合金.