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I found this little bracelet today while searching around the edge of a soccer field.
On the clasp, it has 417 and ASK stamped on each piece.. is this 10 karat?
The entire thing is only about 4 inches long,so there is little weight to it.
Thanks for looking,
Felix
Felix,
you done well on this find! I looked around the net' and found this information. Congratulations! - Jim
the "417" stamping on the item is a Karat mark for 10kt gold. Yes it is gold and its not fake.....it is 41.7% pure gold and the balance are alloys. In the case of 14kt gold it would be stamped either 14kt or 58.5 indicating its 58.5 pure gold and the balance alloys the same with 18kt which is 750 or 75 pure gold.
Here is a list of common gold markings. Notice that 585 is associated with 14K (14 karat) gold. Why? In the example above we found that 14K gold is actually .583 fine. However, a 585 gold marking is also used to indicate 14K gold. The same applies to 417 (10K) and 917 (22K). The rest of the list is self-explanatory: number markings on the left side and meanings on the right side.
333 ---------------- 8K
375 ---------------- 9K
416 or 417 ------ 10K
500 ---------------- 12K
583 or 585 ------ 14K
750 ---------------- 18K
916 or 917 ------ 22K
999 ---------------- 24K
Thanks for the information Jim.
I wasn't sure about the 417 as 10 karat gold usually is 416.
Sure didn't look like it was plated, but wasn't sure so I figured I'd post it to see.
Thanks,
Felix
You can verify by looking at the chain break (the base metal will be easily visible if it is plated).
Although it looks like the real deal to me, I don't like the mottling pattern on the back that is typical of costume jewelry.
