How to Identify Saudi Gold?

Pilgrims often buy gold jewelry from Saudi Arabia as Saudi gold is considered better vs Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Hong Kong gold. Yet, one of the biggest concerns is to identify it. Here are 5 ways to identify Saudi Gold.

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1. Perform the simple Nitric Acid Test

Nitric acid will help you identify Saudi gold. Gold is a metal that does not easily react with acids. If you want to know you are holding Saudi gold, make a small mark/ scratch on the gold or jewelry and add a few drops of nitric acid to it. If:

• The mark turns green, you are having fake Saudi gold.
• The mark turns milky white, you have sterling silver.
• The mark remains unchanged and no reaction occurs: you have real Saudi gold!

2. Float test

To identify Saudi gold, you can perform a simple test known as the float test or density test. Being a pure metal, Saudi gold tends to sit down in the water while other metals tend to float.

So, take a jar, fill it with water and add the gold to it. If it sinks: you have real Saudi gold, if it floats it is fake.

3. The Magnet test

To identify Saudi gold, place a heavy magnet (not an ordinary one) close to the jewelry to be tested. If:

• There is a good attraction between the two: you have fake gold.
• There is a low attraction between the two: there is a low quantity of gold in jewelry.
• There is no attraction: you have real Saudi gold.

4. Liquid foundation test

To have a clear identification of Saudi gold, put some liquid foundation on your forehead and rub the gold on that area. If a black streak is formed there, you have real Saudi gold with you.

5. Stamp test

The least popular way to identify Saudi gold is the stamp test. You can check for a stamp on the gold jewelry at which the weight or karat are mentioned.

Real Saudi gold has such a stamp while fake doesn’t. Yet this is an unpopular way to identify Saudi gold as vintage Saudi gold was not stamped.