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Java-E UK - Hallmark Testing Procedures
The Birmingham Assay Office takes a very small sliver/scratch of the item being tested, and they then test that material for various relevant purity values. If the item passes all of their tests, then they mark the item with the relevant hallmarks.
After the item has been tested/marked, we ensure that the sliver/scratch caused during testing is finished/polished.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT: The UK has probably the most stringent precious metal and hallmarking consumer laws in the world. No items which are over a certain weight (about 7 grams) can be sold as Silver, Gold, or Platinum in the UK unless they have been hallmarked by one of the 4 UK Assay Offices, and it is the Assay Offices who perform all the purity tests for the relevant items. As we sell from the UK, we are subject to these stringent laws, and we are happy that such laws protect all UK jewellery customers, and that as a result of these laws, UK hallmarked items have probably the best provenance in the world.
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