It is considered auspicious to buy gold and silver jewelery on the occasion of Dhanteras. It is believed that buying jewelry on this day brings blessings of Lakshmi. But many times we buy jewelery without seeing the standard and purity. It also incurs losses. The question is, how will you identify its purity, real or not? Let us give you complete information..
Dehradun: Bullion market is ready in view of the festive season. Buying jewelery on the occasion of Diwali and Dhanteras is considered auspicious. If you are also going to buy gold or silver jewelry, then take special care of these things. Often customers make some common mistakes while buying jewellery, which can cost them dearly. Yes, whenever you buy jewellery, take special care of hallmark jewelry. So that you can get quality and pure jewelery in your hands. If your gold and silver jewelry is hallmarked, then it means that its purity is certified. But many jewelers apply hallmarks without completing the investigation process. In such a situation, it becomes necessary to know whether the hallmark is original or not. The original hallmark bears the triangular mark of the Bureau of Indian Standards. In such a situation, whatever jewelery consumers are buying, must see three marks on them. First of all, check the triangular mark of the Bureau of Standards in India, apart from the guarantee of the accuracy of 22K 916. Apart from this, definitely see the 6 digit alpha numerical number in the jewellery.
What is Hallmark? Hallmark Platinum is the official seal on gold, silver and other precious metals. It is applied to certify its quality. A jewelery buyer can be sure that the gold he is buying belongs to which category and how much is pure? The hallmark is determined by the Bureau of Indian Standards. It is necessary to put the BIS logo with the hallmark on the gold coin or jewelry.
The original hallmark has a triangular mark of BIS. It has the hallmarking center logo on it. In which the purity of gold is also written. When the jewelry was made, its year is written. Also there is a jeweler’s logo. Hallmarking is very important to protect customers from counterfeit goods and to monitor business.
Significance of Hallmark Sign: There is a system of hall marking to prevent adulteration in jewellery. This system is very old and the system of hall marking is also different in different countries. Hallmark jewelery is of international standard. There is a uniform system of hallmark marks to identify the quality of jewelery made of platinum, gold, silver, diamonds etc. This is guaranteed by the Government of India.
How do you recognize Hallmark? Hallmarked jewelery will be very easy to identify. Hallmarked jewelery will have different markings. Which you can see as well as feel by touching. Any gold jewelery shall bear the BIS logo, the purity of the gold (22 carat, 18 carat etc.), the hallmark center logo, the year of hallmarking and the jeweler’s identification number.
Hall marking applicable in Pithoragarh and Dehradun districts only: Sudhir Vishnoi, head of the Dehradun branch of Bureau of Indian Standards, says that the Government of India has made hall marking mandatory in 256 districts of the country from June 16. In Uttarakhand also hall marking has been implemented in Pithoragarh and Dehradun districts only. He said that since June 16, there were 300 jewelers in the entire state who had registered with Bureau of Indian Standards for selling hall marking jewellery, but now there are 1100 jewelers who have registered themselves with Bureau of Standards.
Is the jewelery shop registered with the Bureau of Standards? Sudhir Vishnoi told that while shopping for jewelry, the customer should take special care that the jewelers from whom the purchase is being made, is it registered with the Bureau of Standards? For this, it has been made mandatory for the jeweler to put up the certificate of registration of the Bureau of Standards at the counter. He said that if any jewelery is being bought, then its bill must be taken.
