Når du kjøper noe, pris betyr noe – men kvalitet bør ha like stor betydning.
Ta deg tid til å finne en anerkjent produsent og vurder kvalitet når du sammenligner priser. En god tommelfingerregel er, hvis vermeil-smykket er priset på samme måte som et sterlingsølv eller et uplettert gullsmykke, 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, og:
- 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 Mikroner, where a lot of gold plating is simply a thin layer that often wears off, og
- 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 karat (minimum), 18 karat, eller 24 karat yellow gold, or in a rose gold.
Less expensive gold plated pieces are usually 10 karat.
While gold plated jewelry has a known marking system (fastlege, 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. If you see 925 it would denote 92.5% sølv…letting you know that the core metal is a 92.5% sølvlegering.