Have you heard about the term “vermeil” before? If yes, what is the word refer to. If no, it’s time for you to learn about the meaning of “vermeil”.
Where will you see this term, vermeil? Well, this term is used in the world of jewelry. Vermeil is a piece of at least 92.5% silver coated with at least 2.5 micron of gold. The product is then called “gold vermeil”. The price of gold vermeil is also depended onquality of coated gold. In general, the gold content for coating should not be less than 14K. This is the minimum gold content for gold vermeil jewelry.
The vermeil jewelry is generated using the technique called “electro plating”. There are two types of electro plating technique,
1. Flash plating – this method is applied with the gold thickness of 0.25 micron or less than this number. The method including dipped the pieces intoelectroplating solution of a short time. The product can also called as “color plating” as only little gold will be coated on the surface and able to wear off within a short time.
2. Micron plating – for plating of gold with 1 micron or more in thickness over the surface of jewelry piece. This is the standard method for generation of vermeil jewelry. The piece is placed insolution for electroplating for a longer time, compare with the flash plating. The minimum of gold thickness for gold vermeil jewelry is 2.5 micron. The longer you placed the piece inelectroplating solution, the thicker of gold coat on jewelry pieces.
For the flash plating, the products after this electroplating method are not classified as gold vermeil. If you want to get the new gold vermeil pieces, make sure that you have check about the coating method before make your decision.
Where can you buy the gold vermeil jewelry? Well, there are lots of places offer the gold vermeil jewelry for you, start from your local jewelry shop closed to your place to various shops in the internet world. Good thing for local shop shopping is, you can look and check for the jewelry quality by yourself, but the price might be higher than the one in the online shop. If you are willing to go with the online shop, look for a reputable of the seller. You should also check for the seller feedback if you are new with the shop. Think and carefully check for both shop and product quality before make your purchase. Good luck.
