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Featured Tool of the Week: RS Mizar Gold Tester TES-174.00

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by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com

Tool of the Week for December 5, 2011

sponsored by JewelryTools.com

This week’s tool: RS Mizar Gold Tester, Item # TES-174.00

Demonstration by Kate, JewelryTools.com

This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the TES-174.00 RS Mizar Gold Tester. This gold tester is small and portable, but it’s sensitive enough to tell the difference between gold plate, 10kt, 14kt, and 18kt gold. Not sure if those ear wires are gold or gold-plated? Find out. Or one of your many services as a jewelry artist – besides your original designs and jewelry repairs – could be gold testing for your family and friends’ jewelry.

This reminds me of another tip: someone recently asked about gold wire and gold-filled wire, because they’d mixed the solid gold and the gold-filled wires up on accident. Simply weigh the same length of wire on a sensitive scale: Gold is heavier than brass, so the heavier wire will be the solid gold!

 

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4 Comments

  1. avatar

    melanie

    December 5, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    can multiple pieces of jewelry be tested on the gold tester at one time, or do you need a new solution for each piece?

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      Rose

      December 5, 2011 at 2:20 pm

      Yes Melanie, you can test several pieces with the same solution!

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    lindacay

    December 5, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    now these are awesome,thank you for the imformation on gold testing

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    lourna

    December 5, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    wow..this is the one i am looking for..thanks for this information.