How to determine the quality of jewelry?
Quality is the core value for most mid and high-end jewelry brand. So how to demenine the quality of jewelry?
1. The material.
Precious jewelry always made in gold or 925 sterling silver. High cost-effective jewelry always made in 925 sterling silver or brass. and cheaper jewelry will choose stainless steel, the cheapest jewelry will be in alloy.
2. Production craft
Good quality jewelry has a more refined surface treatment process.You can see the surface is smooth with polishment,the details have been handled very well. And for low-quality jewelry,the surface treatment is very rough, expecially for some details, it was not handled at all. some cheap jewelry even didn't handle at all.Of course ,different craft requirement goes with different cost.
3. Stone
Good quality jewelry always inlay with stone, like diamond, gemstone, semi-gemstone,cubic zircon ect.( some also stick stone on). But alloy jewelry always stick rhinestones on.If put the both together, you can see the big difference on the first view.
4. Plating.
925 sterling silver and brass jewelry alway plate in real gold. Alloy jewelry always plated in fake gold, Although they have the similar color.(some brass jewelry also plated in fake gold, it depends the jewelry factory, but all our jewelry are plated in real gold) Some specialized jeweller can see the color difference between fake and real gold. All our jewelry plated in real gold
5. Plating thickness
Generally some jewelry brand will like to plate with thickner plating layer to keep the color. If the budget allows, thicker plating will have better color lasting.
How to determine the quality of jewelry?
Method of Jewelry maintenance
