Kokoma
Guides
Three long reads on the things a jewelry label does and does not tell you. Every rule quoted here is read at the source and dated.
What the words on a jewelry label are allowed to mean
Gold plated, gold filled, sterling, simulated: five words that look similar, are defined in federal rules, and mean five different things.
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Metal against skin: brass, plating and the green mark
Why a ring leaves a green line, what plating actually is, which metals behave, and how to make a cheap piece last three years instead of three months.
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Buying jewelry as a gift for a child
The lead rules that apply below the age of twelve, the parts that come off, and the pieces that are a bad idea whatever the label says.
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