What Does "salty" Diamond Mean? And 11k White Gold?
Q: What does it mean when a jeweler refers to diamonds in a ring as being "salty"?
Does this mean it is not a real diamond? A poor quality diamond?
Where can I go to find out more about this ring and 11k gold and "salty"
diamonds?
The difference in color in 11k and 10 k or even 14 k would be a non issue,
especially in a ring that you would want to wear. The guy didn't want to do
the job and used that for a excuse. Take it to another jeweler and if He has
a problem with the job ask him why, if you don't understand the answer tell
him to speak in plain language. I've been in the business for 30 years and
I've seen lots of rings that I couldn't work on but never heard of a salty
diamond.
A:I had a ring looked at by a jeweler, to see if it could be sized and if it was
even worth putting the effort into sizing it. It's an old ring purchased from
an antique vendor. I didn't pay a lot for it at all, the vendor didn't
specialize in jewelry. They told me that the ring was white gold but they
didn't know if the stones were real diamonds or not.
I was told by the jeweler not to bother sizing it, as it wasn't worth much, the
white gold was only testing at 11k and the diamonds were "salty".
This isn't a term I have heard before, and he really didn't elaborate, just
handed me back the ring and said he couldn't do anything with it, as he had no
11k gold to use to enlarge the ring. If it were 10, 14, or 18k he would have
been able to do something with it, but he had never encountered anything 11k
before, and didn't want to touch it.
I doubt that he could conclude the karatness of the gold with any amount of
certainty. Even if he did an acid test, at best 11 Karat would be a
guestimate. Further, as with 9, 10, 14, 18 karat etc, your ring could be
sized with 14kt white gold stock (which is a repair shop standard) and after
polishing, it's doubtfull that you would see the difference.
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