Gold: Is the gold you are going to buy real or fake? Identify it at the shop itself

A large number of people in the country like to buy gold jewelry. Jewellery made of gold has a lot of importance in our culture. For this reason, people buy a lot of gold jewelry at weddings or any special occasion. However, whenever we go to a gold shop, there is always a fear in about our mind about whether the gold jewellery we are buying is real or not. For a long time, cases of sale of fake gold have been coming to the fore continuously. Gold is a very precious metal. For this reason, it is very important to identify gold while buying it. In this episode, today we are going to tell you about some special methods, with the help of which you can find out whether the gold you are going to buy is real or fake. Let us know about it in detail -

While buying gold jewelry, you must look at the hallmark mark on it. The hallmark mark serves to certify the purity of gold. Apart from this, you can also check the purity of gold by downloading the BIS Care application on your smartphone.

In this, you have to enter the last 6 digits of the hallmark present on the jewelry in the app. By entering this information here, you can find out about the purity of gold.

You can also find out about the purity of gold with the help of vinegar. In this, you have to pour a few drops of vinegar on the gold. After a few minutes of this, you have to look at the gold carefully. If there is no change in the color of the gold, in this case, your gold is real. On the other hand, the fake gold will turn black as soon as it comes in contact with vinegar.

Apart from this, you can also find out about the purity of gold with the help of a magnet. In this, you have to put the gold with a magnet. If your gold is not sticking to the magnet, then the gold is real.

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