I bought an engagement ring in yellow gold is real?

The Father's Day I bought a pre-engagement ring for my significant other from a local jewelry store. The ring appears to be yellow gold, but I forgot to ask. My man likes a lot, so what should I do?

One way is to melt down, but of course destroy the jewelry. After you solve, you need to bring a metal analysis company that can split apart the metals, and analyze the amount of gold in the clump of metal.

You can also take a pawn shop that buys gold. They try it. It 'really easy, and some shops wont even pay. It only takes a few minutes.

Take the ring to a jeweler and have an acid test is not bad simeple ring and cheap to do. It will tell you the carat of gold. Just go to your local jeweler. This is a simple, 5 test, second and determine immediately if it is gold and what gold. We do all the time. No charge to most places, as well. The jeweler uses a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid. The ring is slightly scratched on a "touchstone" and then a couple of needles of known karat are also rubbed on the stone. The aqua regia dissolves the alloy immediately, leaving the gold, and the higher the carat, the more yellow the mark left (although eventually all dissolves).

Take the ring to a jewler reputation, other than they bought it. Ask to have a test carats that will let you know if it is gold and the carat gold. 24 karat is pure 10 karat is the lowest that can be legally called gold the United States.

If gold is real gold molacules will be packed together which makes it heavy. However, if gold is fake molacules will not be so close and not very heavy. If you put gold into the water will probably move the sink and water if its in a jug. If its not true that gold probably float. These density and how much water is displaced.

A simple way to tell if somehting is real gold is to put some foundation and powder on the back of his hand and then rub the gold against it. If a black mark is left behind is real gold. Real gold creates a chemical reaction with most makeup that fake gold will not.

An easy way to find the time the gold is fake or not .... put a magnet in close proximity, if it sticks a little 'all his fake and BS. Real gold does not show any effect to the magnets, I work for a company jewlers, so I know this stuff.

Usually if a piece of jewelry is gold that bears the stamp will be 14K or 12K stamp on the inside of a ring, a brooch or a necklace etc. If it's a chain, "pile" the chain in a disordered heap real gold chain not "bend".