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How to Know if Jewelry is Real: A Comprehensive Guide

Buckhead Jewelry Appraisers

How to Tell if Jewelry is Real: Your Key Guide A few different tests may be done to determine whether the jewelry is authentic or fake: For Precious Metal Identification 1. Magnet Test: Precious metals like gold and silver are non-magnetic. Magnet Test: Precious metals like gold and silver are non-magnetic.

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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

The proper identification of materials sometimes requires testing, which may require the assistance of an expert. Provenance. Provenance simply means the history of ownership. Confirming provenance can be very difficult and should usually be considered as secondary, or supporting, data. Condition.