If you are going to buy gold on Akshaya Tritiya, then buy only pure gold. For this, buy only hallmarked jewellery. Let us know how you can check the purity of gold.
Gold Purity Check: Gold prices are increasing day by day, today is Akshaya Tritiya, the day when people buy gold and silver in large quantities, despite the rising prices of gold, there is no decrease in its purchase on Akshaya Tritiya, but before buying such expensive gold, you should know whether the gold in which you are investing money is real gold or not, now hallmarking of gold has been made mandatory by the government for the last two years. If you buy hallmarked gold, it guarantees that your gold is pure. Let us know the ways to check the purity of gold
Check with BIS CARE app
If you also buy gold on Akshaya Tritiya then you should check its purity, the jewellery you are about to buy has a hallmark, the hallmark has a HUID (Hallmark Unique Identification Number) which is 6 digits long, you can check it with the help of BIS CARE app, for this download BIS CARE app on your phone and click on the Verify HUID option and type the HUID number written on your jewellery, after this you will start seeing complete information about the jewellery.
Check by carat
If you are buying gold on Akshaya Tritiya, then you can also find out by carat in the gold jewellery whether your gold is real or fake. The gold ornament that you are about to buy has 18 carat, 22 carat and 24 carat gold. 22 carat gold is used the most for making jewellery and after that 18 carat gold is used for making jewellery. 24 carat gold is used very little because 24 carat gold is very flexible, hence it becomes very difficult to make jewellery with it. Carat is written on these jewellery when you buy it, by looking at which you can find out the purity of the gold.
By adopting some homemade methods
You can also check the purity of gold by adopting some homemade methods. Let’s know –
- To check the purity of gold, you can do a magnet test. As soon as you take the magnet towards the gold, if it starts attracting it then it means that your gold is fake and if it does not attract it then your gold is real.
- You can also check it with vinegar. If you put vinegar in a gold jewellery and the colour of the gold changes then it is fake gold, whereas if the colour does not change then your gold is real.
