Business News Desk -The festival of Navratri has started. People often start buying gold and silver from Navratri itself for all the auspicious functions like marriage, engagement, mundan etc. Since gold is a very expensive metal, great care should be taken while purchasing it. One should always buy gold only after checking the hallmarking. Hallmarking of gold is a proof of the purity of gold. In India, the purity of gold is guaranteed through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) hallmark. But nowadays cases of fake hallmarking on gold are also coming to light. In such a situation, it is very important for you to understand whether hallmarking is real or fake? Know how you can check the authenticity of Hallmark.
Understand these rules first
According to the rules, jewelers must meet the BIS standards to sell gold jewellery. After hallmarking becomes mandatory in the country, now only 14, 18 and 22 carat gold jewelery can be sold, which means if you go to buy jewellery, you will get only 14, 18 and 22 carat gold jewellery. If someone shows you 20 or 21 carat jewellery, then understand that something is wrong. Apart from this, always remember that 24 carat gold is considered the purest gold, but jewelery is not made from it. In such a situation, if a jeweler is talking about 24 carat gold jewellery, then he is cheating you.
How to recognize hallmark?
Look for the triangular mark of BIS on hallmark jewellery. Apart from this, check the 6 digit Hallmark Unique Identification Number i.e. HUID number. This code consists of letters and numbers. There cannot be two pieces of jewelery with the same HUID number. Also look at the carat number. 916 is written on 22 carat gold, 750 on 18 carat gold and 585 on 14 carat gold. You can identify the carat of gold by looking at these numbers.
How to recognize if Hallmark is genuine?
You can also check jewelery with the help of BIS Care app created by Bureau of Indian Standards. For this you will have to install the app in your mobile. In this you will have to provide your name, phone number and email ID and verify your mobile number and email ID through OTT. After this you can use the app. To check, go to Verify HUID and enter the HUID number of the jewellery. If the jewelery is genuine then all the information about its purity, name of the product etc. will be visible to you in the app.
Gold is priced according to carat
Apart from all these things, remember one thing that whenever you go to buy gold, definitely check the price of gold before leaving home. The prices of 24 carat, 22 carat, 18 carat and 14 carat gold are different. Let us tell you that 22 carat gold contains 91.66 percent gold, 18 carat gold contains 75 percent gold and 14 carat gold contains 58.1 percent gold. Gold jewelery is prepared by mixing other metals.
