KDM and 916 as far as I understand are standards which are marked on the gold one buys. These ensure purity and also allow a certification which ensures you get your money's worth when you buy the gold. When the need to exchange arises, this certification ensures you get the full balue of the gold as per the day's price without any deduction, of course the weight also being the factor.
24 carat gold is ppure gold and not ornamental gold which is 22 carat or 18 carat and so on. You can't make ornaments with the pure 24 carat gold because to fashion ornaments there is an addition of copper required to make it mouldable. The higher the quantity of copper, the lower the carat weighg of gold. This, is my understanding and if someone has something to add or contradict, I stand corrected and educated. Payal -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kakarla Nageswaraiah Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 3:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Curious - Best Practices for Blind while Shopping forJewellery I am confused by the terms KDM, 24 caret, 916, 99.5 purity and 99.9 purity. Could someone explain, please? Thanks and regards. On 11/9/12, payal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Syed, > > Not the best time to be shopping for jewellery, I think. Sky high prices, > although contrary to the prices, everyone is rushing to tuck in the yellow > metal like it is going out of fashion. > > Anyway, I have recently been shopping and am afraid, there was no way I > could tell the difference in any metal, real or otherwise. Gold, silver or > any precious or semi precious stones. To the bet of my knowledge, there is > no technology available either. The person you go to and the faith in the > gold guarantee cards they give you is the only answer. The reputed stores > and brands, which are many in number are my best bet. Having said that, any > goldsmith selling you a kdm marked ornament in gold will give you a card to > that effect and you can get the full amount in return for an exchange. > Tanishq is expensive, but the guarantee is in place. > > So, go, shop on your own, but ensure you get your guarantee card and that, > I > think you can read on your knfb reader or some other such technology. > > Happy shopping and hope there's some happy bunny waiting for that piece of > precious metal. > > Payal > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Syed Imran > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 8:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] Curious - Best Practices for Blind while Shopping for > Jewellery > > Hi all > > > > How safe is it for a blind person to shop for the jewellery independently, > more specifically, can we distinguish the genuineness of gold merely by > touch and feel? > > Blind lady shoppoholics, what's your take on this? > > Can you differentiate the gold-plated jewellery vs, the real gold jewellery > by just touch and feel alone? Lastly, if there is an assistive technology > which allows you to accomplish this, how often would you be using it? > > > > Appreciate it > > > > Syed > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- కాకర్ల నాగేశ్వరయ్య K. Nageswaraiah Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
