What is Hallmarking Jeweler ?

  Moreshwar Jewellers

What is Hallmarking?             

हॉलमार्किंग म्हणजे काय?       

     
 Hallmark is a purity of Gold Articles in accordance with Indian Standard specifications.

Government of India' has identified BIS a sole agency in India to operate this scheme.

          You can buy hallmarked jewellery with your eyes closed. It's    that assuring. It's the ultimate certificate of purity for any jewellery. What's more, your Hallmarked jewellery would be evaluated at the marked level of purity anywhere. How is Hallmarking done? For Hallmarking the jewellery is sent to the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), authorized laboratory, where each and every piece is individually tested for its purity and if found correct, then a mark is put on the piece of jewellery. This marking is done by laser 

machines and a jeweler cannot put the stamp by himself. Such stamped jewellery is called 

Hallmarked Jewellery.

• Design of Hallmark on Gold Jellery is given Below

             14 carat      =  58.5 %
             18 carat      =   75 %
             22 carat.     =   91.6%

We use the term 22 Karat so often while buying Gold Jewellery but do we really know what 22

 Karat means? Karat is the unit of the purity of Gold. This purity is expressed in terms of percentage   also.

24 Karat gold = 100% pure gold.

1 Karat gold = 100/24 = 4.166%

Now we know that in 1 Karat there is 4.166% Gold, so to calculate the purity of any Karat of Gold just multiply that with 4.166. For example, if we want to know the percentage purity of 22 Karat Gold then, 4.166 x 22 = 91.67%. Which means that in 22 Karat Gold there's 91.67% pure Gold.

What is it? 

Gold hallmarking is a purity certification. Mandatory hallmarking will protect the public against lower caratage and ensure consumers do not get cheated while buying gold ornaments.

Consumers have to watch out for four marks on hallmarked gold jewellery:

    1) BIS mark, 

    2) Purity in carat, 

    3) Assaying & Hallmarking Centre's Mark 

    4) Jewellers’ identification mark
    5) Year of Marking

   

Consumer Affairs Minister announced that from January 15, 2021, onwards, No jeweller will be allowed to sell gold jewellery or artefacts without hallmark from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).   .

•      Grades available: 

Jewellers will be allowed to sell only 14, 18 and 22 carat gold jewellery. Instead of 10 grades earlier, hallmarked gold jewellery will now be available in three caratage of 14 carat, 18 carat and 22 carat.

•       Deadline: 

Jewellers have been given a year’s time (i.e. till January, 2021) to register themselves with the BIS.

•       Penalty: 

If jewellery or artefacts made of 14, 18 and 22 carat gold are sold without a BIS hallmark, then the jeweller could be charged penalty five times the cost of the object or even given imprisonment up to one year.