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Buying Jewelry For Your Business Part 4 Buying Platinum Jewelry
Whether you presently own a retail or web based business and are
looking for an additional profit center or you are thinking of
starting a business, jewelry is a no-brainer choice for a
proven product category. The buying public, (particularly women)
never tires of jewelry as the choices in color, materials,
finishes and styles are endless and innovations are continual.
Every generation reinvents jewelry for itself in much the same
way that it reinvents music and fashion. Styles change but the
basic facts remain the same. If you are a seasoned professional,
please consider the following a refresher course. To the new
comer, use this information as a foundation for your ongoing
jewelry education.
The Facts About Platinum Jewelry Platinum is a precious metal
that costs more than gold. It usually is mixed with other
similar metals, known as the platinum group metals: iridium,
palladium, ruthenium, rhodium and osmium.
Different markings are used on platinum jewelry as compared with
gold jewelry, based on the amount of pure platinum in the piece.
The quality markings for platinum are based on parts per
thousand. For example, the marking 900 Platinum means that 900
out of 1000 are pure platinum, or in other words, the item is
90% platinum and 10% other metals. The abbreviations for
platinum - Plat. or Pt. - also can be used in marking jewelry.
Items that contain at least 950 parts per thousand pure
platinum can be marked simply platinum. Items that have at least
850 parts per thousand pure platinum can be marked with the
amount of pure platinum and the word platinum or an abbreviation
(for example, 950 platinum, 900 Plat. or 850 Pt.). Jewelry that
contains less than 850 parts per thousand pure platinum, but has
a total of 950 parts per thousand of platinum group metals (of
which at least 500 parts is pure platinum), may be marked with
both the amount of pure platinum and the amount of the other
platinum group metals in the piece. For example, the marking 600
Plat. 350 Irid. means that the item has 600 parts per thousand
(60%0 platinum, and 350 parts per thousand (35%) iridium,
totaling 950 parts per thousand of platinum group metals, and 50
parts per thousand (5%) other metals.
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