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  1. Hello, people often say that there are two kinds of platinum. Platinum jewelry is often said to be platinum, and its material is platinum. Another is white 18 karat gold, which is also called platinum. The material contains 75% gold and other precious metals, and both belong to plain gold. Therefore, platinum belongs to plain gold jewelry in jewelry

    Jewelry refers to the raw materials and semi-finished products of jewelry, jade and precious metals, As well as wearing accessories, craft decorations and art collectibles made of raw materials and semi-finished products of jewelry, jade and precious metals

    12 classification methods of jewelry
    (1) classification according to the value of jewelry
    1. High grade jewelry, such as some large and precious diamonds, rubies and emeralds
    2. Medium grade jewelry, such as diamond jewelry, emerald jewelry and emerald jewelry of medium quality and weight
    3. Low grade jewelry, such as sea sapphire, garnet or crystal jewelry
    (2) according to whether the jewelry is inlaid with gemstones
    4. According to whether the jewelry is inlaid with gemstones, the jewelry can be divided into inlaid gemstones and jewelry, pure decorative gemstone material jewelry and plain gold jewelry
    5. Plain gold jewelry can also be divided into thousands of gold jewelry (99.9%), full gold jewelry (99%), K-gold jewelry, platinum jewelry and pure silver jewelry. The value of this kind of jewelry is determined by the type and content of the metal used, the design style and the production process
    (3) classified according to the materials used to make jewelry
    6. Gold jewelry is mainly composed of gold. The content and composition of gold reflect the value of gold jewelry. Gold jewelry includes thousands of gold (99.9%), full gold jewelry (99%), K gold, gold plating (gold wrapping) and other categories
    7. Platinum jewelry is mainly composed of platinum group elements such as platinum (PT), palladium (PD), nails (RU), osmium (OS), rhodium (RH) and iridium (IR). The most common main platinum jewelry is normal platinum (pt999.5), full platinum (pt990), platinum (pt950, PT900, pt850) jewelry whose main component is platinum (PT)
    8. Silver jewelry is mainly composed of horns. The common ones are 800s for gemstone inlay and 925s or 950s for jewelry silver (where, s is the abbreviation of silver in English, 800s indicates the fineness of silver is 80%; 925s and 950s indicate the fineness of silver is 92.5% and 95%, respectively)
    9. Ordinary metal jewelry, made of various alloys of stainless steel, copper and aluminum, is mainly used in popular jewelry or avant-garde jewelry
    10. Jewelry made of other materials mainly refers to jewelry made of various leather, plastic and wood. It is usually only used as a handicraft to reflect the beauty of art
    (4) classified according to other factors
    11. According to different wearing parts of jewelry, it can be divided into headwear, nose ornaments, ear ornaments, neck ornaments, hand ornaments, anklets, waist ornaments, clothing, etc
    12. According to different art designs of jewelry, it can be divided into popular jewelry, classic jewelry, and personalized jewelry
    the attributes of jewelry: beauty, durability and scarcity. Only those who meet these characteristics can be called jewelry

  2. Gold jewelry imprint, Au platinum jewelry imprint Pt and silver jewelry imprint Ag respectively represent the chemical element symbols of the three metals.

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