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<p>[QUOTE="gauntlettgems, post: 3105463, member: 6421"][ATTACH=full]293479[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is only marked PAT and copyright. Other marks are too faint to make out. The diamonds are small but real. When I did the acid testing it held at 14k but turned a little brownish or copper looking. it did not test as any type of silver or gold with 18k. I read somewhere the browning could be either other metals mixed in or the fact that the it gold is less than what I tested it for. There is so much out there and I do t want to follow the wrong lead. What would you say the it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks for any advice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gauntlettgems, post: 3105463, member: 6421"][ATTACH=full]293479[/ATTACH] It is only marked PAT and copyright. Other marks are too faint to make out. The diamonds are small but real. When I did the acid testing it held at 14k but turned a little brownish or copper looking. it did not test as any type of silver or gold with 18k. I read somewhere the browning could be either other metals mixed in or the fact that the it gold is less than what I tested it for. There is so much out there and I do t want to follow the wrong lead. What would you say the it is? thanks for any advice.[/QUOTE]
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