The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2656 (6)

Chapter 2420 (6)

The label on the pure gold jewelry piece indicated that it weighed approximately three grams. Inside the rectangular pure gold frame was a gold Pixiu (a mythical creature believed to bring good fortune), not a standalone piece, but rather set within the frame.

I didn't check the label at the time to see how much the craftsmanship fee was, but I guessed it wasn't low, probably several hundred yuan. After all, the craftsmanship fee for small gold beads in the store is fifty or sixty yuan per gram, and some pure gold jewelry has a craftsmanship fee of one or two hundred yuan per gram.

The saleswoman said it was possible to exchange the smaller gold ring for a different piece. If it weighed 2.69 grams, it would only cost a little extra to get the new gold jewelry. They also had a cord available to match.

I asked if the store had any standalone gold Pixiu? Not the framed kind, nor the kind with a gold jewelry plaque, but a single, three-dimensional gold ornament.

The saleswoman said she had the item in stock, but other jewelry pieces would weigh more. She suggested that if she wanted to change the style and spend less money, that item would be suitable.

I mentioned looking at the gold-inlaid jade jewelry in the shop; some cost a thousand or eight hundred yuan. It's not as popular as gold and silver jewelry, yet the prices are quite high. I saw a gold gourd-shaped jade piece, priced at over a thousand yuan. I wonder how much of a discount it might have. It seems the gold used on the jade surface is relatively thicker.

The saleswoman said that the gold-inlaid jade item was not cheap; it contained jade and craftsmanship, and even after the discount, it would still cost a thousand yuan.

I'm asking how much gold is in that gold-inlaid jade ornament? Is it made of pure gold?
The saleswoman said that the gold-inlaid jade jewelry in the store has pure gold patterns on the surface and she doesn't recommend recycling it. The value of such items lies mainly in the craftsmanship and the jade itself; the amount of gold leaf is limited. If tested by burning, the pure gold patterns will no longer be visible.

I mentioned that I have about ten gold-inlaid jade ornaments, but they are all of mid-range quality. The seller said that some gold-inlaid jade ornaments originally cost several hundred yuan, but they use relatively less gold leaf.

The saleswoman explained that the pure gold surfaces of those items have recycling value; it depends on how much gold can be scraped off. As long as it meets the pure gold standard and passes the gold testing, it can be directly recycled. Even if the total amount is only a fraction of a gram, it's worth several hundred yuan at the current recycling price. You can also exchange it for a different item based on weight. If you don't plan to keep certain precious metals, please bring them to the store for recycling or exchange; these are all possible.

I mentioned that I looked at many items in the store and thanked the staff for their introduction. They seemed very knowledgeable about precious metals, and the store truly does specialize in recycling precious metal items. My gold Pixiu pendant, pure gold ring, and platinum ring all have resale value, which reassured me. Even the gold foil I bought with jade plating can be recycled if a certain amount of gold foil is accumulated, earning me some money. I might come back again in the future, perhaps to buy more or exchange for something different. It's great that I can get cash for the precious metal jewelry I don't want to keep.

Jin Huyue said that the author was very clever, and did not replace the small pure gold ring and the small platinum diamond ring with the gold-plated silver bracelet.

He said that, judging from his intuition, the two small rings, though small and light in weight, were of a higher quality than gold-plated jewelry. He hoped to keep them to exchange for a heavier piece of jewelry that would be more suitable for men, or perhaps sell them for a higher price at the resale value to buy other items.

I mentioned seeing some nice, wide-faced bangles at that gold shop, and I quite liked them. In the months following that, I fantasized several times about buying one, but it remained just a thought. This is because gold and silver prices reached historical highs during and after the Lunar New Year, and even after the price drop, they are still very expensive. If that bangle were truly made of several tens of grams of pure silver, covered with a little over one gram of pure gold, and had a design symbolizing wealth and prosperity, it would look quite nice.

When the author first drafted these words, many gold shops were still quoting over 1,300 yuan per gram for pure gold, which was about 1,000 yuan more expensive than the price of pure gold jewelry ten years ago. Even though the price of gold had decreased somewhat, the craftsmanship fee for pure gold jewelry hadn't decreased much. Silver jewelry cost 20 to 30 yuan per gram, and even with the price reduction, platinum jewelry still cost 700 yuan per gram.