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gold or platinum.
I'm trying to find out what my lady friend wants as a gift. She calls it platinum but, it is a gold color not a sliver color. can anyone help me with the name of the metal its made out of? its been bugging me for day and I can't find anything about it online.
If you buy gold plate she’ll kick you in the balls.
Buy gold (which is low quality and expensive for 24c) or better still platinum, which is what all those bangle things are made of that all the girls like to jingle about like Mr T.
Buy gold (which is low quality and expensive for 24c) or better still platinum, which is what all those bangle things are made of that all the girls like to jingle about like Mr T.
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That's "Platin" as 1984 rightly points out, about as valuable as a brass door handle. I've not found any jeweler in town that sells platinum.
If that's what she wants, lucky you - but still better send a Khmer to buy it, else you'll get ripped off for platinum prices for gold plate ... that said, your best bet is probably to say that jewelry is a very personal choice & offer to take her shopping for said "Platin" so you can both be ripped off together, but at least she won't blame you for it.
Damn I'm starting to sound like gm.
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"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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I would definitely go shopping with her. The gold may not be the best quality/deal but if she knows where it came from or, even better, is friends with the seller, she'll get a close-to-purchase price when she inevitably gets bored of it and wants to trade it in for something different. (Or sell 'cos you've split up, or add it to your next gift to make something even bigger etc.)
So what’s platin then?
I’ve got a platinum ring (lol, that’s for you two Simon and Mark) and it’s a tough as feck. Won’t bend or scratch.
It’s not gold or silver.
I’ve got a platinum ring (lol, that’s for you two Simon and Mark) and it’s a tough as feck. Won’t bend or scratch.
It’s not gold or silver.
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Platin here is whatever cheap metal Khmers can lay their hands on and poor quality gold plate. I wouldn’t be surprised if you scratch it to find a blue pipe under the cover!
Re: platinum, that tends to scratch quite easily versus gold as far as I know. I used to have one I bought new from Mappin & Webb, London (100% genuine). Perhaps not visible at first glance, but close up you should see marks on it?
Re: platinum, that tends to scratch quite easily versus gold as far as I know. I used to have one I bought new from Mappin & Webb, London (100% genuine). Perhaps not visible at first glance, but close up you should see marks on it?
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Jonnyaustin,
Lots of weird advice here.
Platin as the locals call it is generally anywhere between 14k and 18k yellow gold, more often 18k or so.
It's not Platinum or Brass or gold plate or anything else. It's gold. I've never got a clear answer as to why they call it Platin as it could easily be confused with Platinum but that's how it goes. 24k pure gold can be called 'meas' sounds a like 'Meah' whereas Platin basically means pure gold mixed with alloy to make it stronger. 18k gold is 18/24 parts gold and the remaining 6/24 parts would be alloy.
Pure 24k is too soft for more jewellery applications.
There are many reputable places to buy real gold Jewellery. Generally the gold isnt the problem here it's the shitty designing of the jewelry. Although you could get cheated if you don't know what to look for.
Lots of weird advice here.
Platin as the locals call it is generally anywhere between 14k and 18k yellow gold, more often 18k or so.
It's not Platinum or Brass or gold plate or anything else. It's gold. I've never got a clear answer as to why they call it Platin as it could easily be confused with Platinum but that's how it goes. 24k pure gold can be called 'meas' sounds a like 'Meah' whereas Platin basically means pure gold mixed with alloy to make it stronger. 18k gold is 18/24 parts gold and the remaining 6/24 parts would be alloy.
Pure 24k is too soft for more jewellery applications.
There are many reputable places to buy real gold Jewellery. Generally the gold isnt the problem here it's the shitty designing of the jewelry. Although you could get cheated if you don't know what to look for.
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Platin is Gold. Platinum is a completely different metal. Yes it's tough, very dense and stands up really well to wear and tear. Platinum jewelry is generally 95% pure.
So those bangles that all the wannabes wear are platinum? They are bloody expensive and defo not gold as they never bend and they’re very thin.kansaicanuck wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:18 pmPlatin is Gold. Platinum is a completely different metal. Yes it's tough, very dense and stands up really well to wear and tear. Platinum jewelry is generally 95% pure.
I’ve seen the really yellow gold here and it looks shite and tacky but apparently it’s “24 carats”. Like I care.
The only jewellery I wear is iPhones. I’ve even got an iPhone X tattoo. Then I’ll add a “I” when the 11 comes out and so on. I’ll be the talk of the town. Init.
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The Bangles that people wear here wouldnt be Platinum. Platinum is always silverish or grayish in color, never yellow.
Many of them are gold. Some are not. Especially when you see kids with a bunch of gold Bangles, they are probably not all made of gold. The real gold ones are probably made with 14 karat as it's much stronger. I know for sure many of them are real gold. Hard to tell as they don't stamp a lot of stuff here.
The Bangles are really thin and only a few hundred dollars or less of gold. They are not that expensive.
The really super yellow ugly gold that you see here isn't 24 karat gold. As I said almost no jewelry is made out of 24 karat gold. It's too soft. it's most likely 18 karat or even higher (which they call Platin). Much of the color actually comes from the alloy used. It can make green gold and white gold and rose gold ect. If you make three different rings out of 18 karat yellow gold, 18k white gold and 18k rose gold for example the exact same amount of gold is used to make all three but the color can changed depending on which alloy you mix the pure gold with to get that 18K composition. I agree a lot of the yellow gold they make here looks terrible.
Many of them are gold. Some are not. Especially when you see kids with a bunch of gold Bangles, they are probably not all made of gold. The real gold ones are probably made with 14 karat as it's much stronger. I know for sure many of them are real gold. Hard to tell as they don't stamp a lot of stuff here.
The Bangles are really thin and only a few hundred dollars or less of gold. They are not that expensive.
The really super yellow ugly gold that you see here isn't 24 karat gold. As I said almost no jewelry is made out of 24 karat gold. It's too soft. it's most likely 18 karat or even higher (which they call Platin). Much of the color actually comes from the alloy used. It can make green gold and white gold and rose gold ect. If you make three different rings out of 18 karat yellow gold, 18k white gold and 18k rose gold for example the exact same amount of gold is used to make all three but the color can changed depending on which alloy you mix the pure gold with to get that 18K composition. I agree a lot of the yellow gold they make here looks terrible.
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"Platin" is just one of those Cambodian pronunciations for a foreign word and in this case for the words "Plating or Plated" as in electro-plating/plated. Exactly the same applies to the original word "Lorry" for a truck which becomes Norry in spoken Khmer.
If you are observant and have spent any time in the goldsmiths part of regional markets, you will have seen cheap base metal bangles, bracelets, ear rings and the like being given a quick immersion in an electro-plating vessel, often connected to a car battery, or even mains power in some cases. The article is only immersed long enough to give a "gold" colour/appearance to it. The plating is very thin indeed and on some articles such a neck chain, saigor, or a bracelet, will need a top-up replating from time to time.
But when it comes to gold articles, Cambodians shy away from 14 K gold, which to Cambodians is known as Meas Barang - Foreigners Gold - and for good reason. In Meas barang/14K gold there is only 585 parts per 1,000 of gold. The rest of the material is non-gold base metal. The term Meas Barang, or Mee'eh Ba'rang, is also used for white gold for the same reason.
Cambodians know their gold and its purity well and for good reason given that gold is portable wealth and within living memory had to be used link by link etc to sustain life.
Most Cambodians can instantly tell the purity of both gold and silver by simple non-destructive use of a Touchstone - Thmar Som Ret. The touchstone has been in use around the world for several thousand years. With very little experience it is possible to tell the purity of a gold article simply by weighing it in the palm of one's hand.
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If you are observant and have spent any time in the goldsmiths part of regional markets, you will have seen cheap base metal bangles, bracelets, ear rings and the like being given a quick immersion in an electro-plating vessel, often connected to a car battery, or even mains power in some cases. The article is only immersed long enough to give a "gold" colour/appearance to it. The plating is very thin indeed and on some articles such a neck chain, saigor, or a bracelet, will need a top-up replating from time to time.
But when it comes to gold articles, Cambodians shy away from 14 K gold, which to Cambodians is known as Meas Barang - Foreigners Gold - and for good reason. In Meas barang/14K gold there is only 585 parts per 1,000 of gold. The rest of the material is non-gold base metal. The term Meas Barang, or Mee'eh Ba'rang, is also used for white gold for the same reason.
Cambodians know their gold and its purity well and for good reason given that gold is portable wealth and within living memory had to be used link by link etc to sustain life.
Most Cambodians can instantly tell the purity of both gold and silver by simple non-destructive use of a Touchstone - Thmar Som Ret. The touchstone has been in use around the world for several thousand years. With very little experience it is possible to tell the purity of a gold article simply by weighing it in the palm of one's hand.
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I’ve never heard a local call a lorry/truck “norry”, that’s a new one on me.
They call anything bigger than a Tundra “Lan container or lan contener”.
Still I’m new here so what do I know.
They call anything bigger than a Tundra “Lan container or lan contener”.
Still I’m new here so what do I know.
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