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Our guarantee

Diamond Point only sells 14 or 18 carat gold jewelry, unless stated otherwise. After we have crafted our jewelry in our workshop, each one goes jewellery to a guarantee institution (Stichting Edelmetaal Waarborg Nederland) with the exception of gold jewelry under 1 gram and silver jewelry under 8 grams. The guarantee approves each jewellery for sale according to precious metal content. If the item meets the legal requirements, the guarantee will stamp a quality mark on it. The fineness mark indicates how much gold, silver or platinum is in it jewellery sit.

Diamond Point only sells 14 or 18 carat gold jewelry, if stated otherwise. After we have manufactured our jewelry in our studio, every piece of jewelry goes to a guarantee institution (Stichting Edelmetaal Waarborg Nederland) with the exception of gold jewelry under 1 gram and silver jewelry under 8 grams. The guarantee approves each piece of jewelry for the sale of precious metal content. If the article meets the legal requirements, the Waarborg stamps a quality mark. The content brand indicates how much gold, silver or platinum is in the jewelry.

Guarantee Act

Hallmarks have been applied to gold, silver and platinum jewelry for centuries. These quality marks are one of the oldest forms of consumer protection. The Guarantee Act of 1986 guarantees that an object above a certain weight, with hallmarks determined in accordance with the law, contains the correct content of platinum, gold or silver. In the Netherlands, according to this law, it is mandatory to provide gold jewelry weighing 1 gram with a quality mark. Silver applies from 8 grams.

Gold content and carat

Of all the precious metals, gold is the best to work with. Gold is therefore ideal for making jewelry. Pure gold is naturally a soft metal and therefore difficult to process jewellery. To make the gold harder, other metals such as silver, palladium or copper are added. In Europe, the amount of pure gold present in a jewellery, expressed in carats. Pure gold is called 24 carat gold; this means a value of 100% gold. 18 carat gold is a combination of 75% gold and 25% of other metals.

14 carats (585/1000)
18 carat (750/1000)
20 carats (833/1000)
22 carats (916/1000)

Alloys below 14 carats may not be called gold in the Netherlands.

Irritation from gold

It is very rare, but in some people a black spot can be seen on the skin after wearing gold. There are two simple explanations for this:

  • A change in the amount and composition of skin acid can react to the gold alloy. This happens, for example, during pregnancy
  • The use of medicines and cosmetics such as hair spray, gel and perfume can cause irritation. Anti-dandruff shampoo in particular leaves a layer on the skin. This affects it jewellery.