ELECTROPLATED SILVER
Until recently electroplated silver was scorned by many collectors, but now that sterling silver is beyond the price range of modest collectors (except for very small pieces) good quality EPNS is much sought after.
Electroplated: Jewelry that has been coated with gold through the process of electroplating. The gold plating eventually wears away.
Electroplated
This term is generally used for jewelry items that have been coated with gold through the process of electroplating.
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Electroplated
Jewelry can be mechanically plated with gold in a variety of ways, including electroplated. Eventually, the gold plating wears away, but it depends on how often the item is worn and how thick the plating is.
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Gold Electroplated (GEP): A layer of gold at least 7mils (7/1,000,000 of an inch) thick is electrically deposited onto the base metal by immersion in a liquid containing chemically bound gold molecules.
Plated,
Electroplated
These metals have a
required minimum standard
thickness - usually .15 - .25 mils ...
Mark for Electroplated Nickel Silver.
Everdur
95% copper silicon bronze made by American Brass Co., New York and ICI Metals, Birmingham.
Rhodium is electroplated onto the surface of other metals to increase their reflectiveness, ...
A thin layer of electroplated gold that is on a base metal. All gold plated items are not plated with fine gold; some are only plated gold in color.
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Beads are mostly electroplated with gold or silver. The thickness of the plating determines the price of the bead and the plating thickness is measured in mils. Gold or silver overlay (also called Filling) work is also used to coat the beads.
A thin coating of electroplated or mechanically plated gold on top of a base metal.
Gold Tone
Gold colored, not measurable in karats.
Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is a French word describing sterling silver that has been electroplated with at least 100 millionths of an inch of karat gold.
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175 microns (approximately 7/1,000,000ths of an inch) of fine gold, may be marked or described as "Gold Electroplate" or "Gold Electroplated," or abbreviated, as, for example, "G.E.P.
Gold plated: A piece of jewelry with a wafer thin coating of gold electroplated or mechanically plated onto a base metal. The gold plating is often coated thicker when applied over 925 Sterling Silver and can last for many years.
Gold Plated Jewelry employs a base metal which is then electroplated with gold. Usually a steel or brass item dipped into a bath of electroplating solution that deposits a thin layer of gold on the jewelry.
Gold Plate
A thin coating of electroplated or mechanically plated gold on top of a base metal.
Gold Tone
Jewelry done in a gold color. Gold colored or electroplated, not gold as is measurable in karats.
It's also call electroplated silver or silver coated as well. Silver plated items are made using a base metal, normally brass or nickel, which is then put through an electroplating process.
A dark black cannot be achieved in this way on gold or platinum, electroplated antiquing is dark gray only, though dvb considers it to be superior for its permanence.
In jewelry, inexpensive metals are frequently electroplated with more expensive metals, like gold (gold plating), copper (electrocoppering), rhodium (rhodanizing), chromium (chromium plating), or silver (silver plating).
An electroplated application of gold or silver is applied to the metal to give it a gold or silver color.
No industry standard has been established for the thickness of the gold/silver/nickel on the metal.
[Black nephrite with gold electroplated magnetite inclusions from California, black nephrite from Wyoming]
["Vonsen Blue" nephrite jade from California: cut cabochon set, rough slab] ...
Vermeil: Sterling silver electroplated with at least 100 millionths of an inch of karat gold
German Silver or Nickel Silver: A silver-white alloy consisting of copper, zinc and nickel.
Silver plated is where a base metal usually copper is coated with a layer of silver to stop it from corroding, also known as electroplating or EPNS. EPNS or electroplated silver can be identified as it is stamped with the letters EPNS which stand for ...
gold plated - A thin layer of at least 10 karat gold electroplated to the surface of base metal or silver. The surface of gold plate will wear off more quickly than that on gold-filled items.
Flora Danica is a Danish jewelry company that uses real plant parts to make jewelry. The plant material (usually leaves or sprigs) is electroplated with silver and then gold plated.
Vermeil - Vermeil (pronounced "vermay") is a French word describing gold plated sterling silver. The sterling silver in vermeil has been electroplated with at least 100 millionths of an inch of karat gold.
white metal - a metal that is a mixture of tin, antimony, and copper in various proportions. It is sometimes used as a base for expensive electroplated jewelry.
that have an extremely thin layer of gold, (less than .175 microns thick), applied by either dipping or burnishing the metal, but not plated. This will wear away more quickly than pieces that are gold plated, gold-filled, or gold electroplated.
Rhodium is the most expensive platinum group precious metal (approximately three times more expensive than platinum) and provides a hard, brilliant finish that is unmatched by any other metal. Our rhodium is electroplated and will last 2-3 years ...
is not recommended for use with "88 metal", a white cast metal which cannot withstand the e-coat's curing cycle and will usually deform. The average e-coat thickness is usually less than 5 microns and covers the entire piece as it is electroplated.
for the same design to be produced in different materials for different demographics. The same popular form was frequently created in three versions at three different prices: hand-worked solid gold, rolled gold, and stamped brass electroplated with ...
 See also: Silver, Metal, Jewel, Alloy, Gold
  
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