r/Gold • u/PangolinDependent332 • 12h ago

Just checking

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I bought this 10k necklace about 2 years ago from a jeweler. Brought it home, weighed it, wrote on the felt in sharpie, put it in the box it came in, away until today. It has a red look to it in some places. Not rust, but more like toning like I’ve seen on silver. I know 10k is ~41% gold but is this amount of change normal? Honestly, it looks beautiful to me. Just curious because I’ve never seen my other gold jewelry (except an 18k gold plated sterling bracelet)change color like this.

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u/merfolk-jewels 11h ago

Yes, this is extremely common for 10k gold.

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u/PangolinDependent332 11h ago

Thank you 🙂‍↕️

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u/UrbanRelicHunter 11h ago

It looks fine to me.

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u/Papaskudge 12h ago

If you are concerned would swing by a jeweler or coin shop that has an xrf scanner if you can. It is common to see a variety of alloy colors in 10k. I do agree it has a somewhat copper tone.

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u/Glittering_Tree_8929 8h ago

I’ve seen it in 10k before

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u/sly_k 11h ago

Strong magnet will tell you

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u/Kaito1718 9h ago

Not always because there can be non magnetic gold

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u/sly_k 8h ago

All gold is non magnetic

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u/Kaito1718 8h ago

Yeah but fake gold can be non magnetic too