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What is One Gram Gold Jewelry? All about 1 Gram Gold Coated Jewelry

Updated: Jun 4

"Real gold jewelry like look at a fractional value". 1 gram gold coated jewelry’s looks and finishing almost like Real Gold Jewelry. 95 % Real Jewelry like piece at only 1 to 2 % value of real jewelry. Long lasting life, washable with soap and water. It has some

warranty service and Return/Exchange value. This is a short definition of genuine

quality one gram gold jewelry .


What is one gram jewelry?

What is 1 gram gold jewelry?

What is gold forming jewelry?

What is 1- 2 Gram gold forming jewelry?


1 Gram Gold Jewelry is Gold coated copper or brass jewelry piece, which almost looks like real gold jewelry. Called ‘One gram gold jewelry’.


Which can be washed with water and soap or detergent when needed and this kind of jewelry should have some warranty service and may have some resale or exchange value.


Raw jewelry piece is made from copper or brass, being coated with liquid gold coating mixture. Gold powder with gold forming chemicals (GPC Powder) and other necessary liquid gold coating chemical are used to make such liquid gold coating mixture.


‘Gold coating’ and ‘Gold forming’ both are the same names of this process.


While ‘Gold plating’ is different process than Gold coating. Gold plating is comparatively cheap in price and low in quality. Gold plated jewelry may not have any warranty service or return value.


1 gram gold jewelry – means – Gold coating jewelry has significant deposition of gold on it ‘s surface (Approx. 150- 400 mg) due to which the jewelry looks like real gold jewelry.


Gold deposition on 1 gram jewelry can be recovered after a complex chemical process on even used jewelry piece, when such jewelry pieces are in bulk quantity.


For this reason, that some gold can be recovered from gold coated jewelry, the jewelry may have some resale or exchange value.


Such type jewelry called 1 Gram gold or 2 Gram gold jewelry.



Approx. how much pure gold may be used in every piece?


Approx. 100 - 400 milligrams of pure gold may be used in that process.



How much does genuine quality 1 gram jewelry costs?


Genuine Quality 1 gram forming jewelry costs Approx. Rs.3500 to Rs.9000 or so on.



Are every “so-called” 1 gram gold jewelry in market are of same quality?

Each 1 Gram gold jewelry sold are of same quality?

All sellers, who claim or describes their jewelry as ‘1 gram jewelry’ are really genuine gold forming quality?


No, not every item claimed as ‘one gram gold’ jewelry are of same quality.


Only reputed jewelry sellers are selling genuine quality 1 Gram gold coating jewelry.


If a seller provides after sale warranty service and or exchange value, then it may be genuine quality forming jewelry or 1 gram gold jewelry.



Why it is called 1 gram gold jewelry?


Earlier when gold prices were at nearby Rs.3000 - Rs.4000 per 10 grams, there was a different manufacturing process in place, in which a jewelry piece was made from copper (mostly bangles or kada) then being coated with a thin sheet of ‘1 gram’ pure gold. That quality then was known as 1 Gram Gold jewelry or Bandhel jewelry.


By time price of gold increased many folds and manufacturing process has been changed.

Then ‘Thin sheet of gold’ is now replaced by ‘Liquid gold mixture’, in new type of delicate and artistic patterns covered by gold sheet has also not remained possible, gold coating can be possible only through liquid mixture on such delicate/nice patterns.


Jewelry made by such liquid gold mixture process is actually called 'Gold Forming Jewelry'. But at the same time the name ‘1 Gram Gold Jewelry’ became as popular as a product category name that it became hard to replace with new name ‘Gold forming Jewelry’.


Customers became more familiar with name 1 gram gold jewelry and it became easily recognizable than what it actually is. Same as the word 'xerox' is easily identifiable for general public instead of actual word 'photo copy'.



How much pure gold can be expected in 1 or 2 Gram jewelry piece?


Nowadays, jewelry from honest of brands, we can expect,

-            100 to 200 milligrams in 1 Gram coating and

-            250 to 400 milligrams in 2 Gram coating

in genuine quality gold forming jewelry.



How can a customer know if any piece of one gram gold jewelry is genuine quality or not?


There are many simple factors which indicate about this.


1. First of all is - Price. 

If a jewelry piece is genuine gold forming quality, then it may contain Approx. 100 - 400 milligrams of gold. It means that value of gold contain in that piece is Rs.1000 to 4000. Therefore, approximately as on June, 2025:


Jewelry cost = Cost of gold content (in milligrams) + Gold forming chemical cost + Raw jewelry piece cost + Labor charges + Taxes + Overhead costs for running business and Manufacturer's, wholesaler's and retailer's profits at every stage.


Thus, if there is a minimum retail selling price to be estimated then it comes to around Rs.3000 to Rs.4000 approximate for each piece then only it may possibly be a genuine quality gold forming jewelry.


Products priced at Rs. 499, 999 to 1,499 can never be genuine gold forming quality. A customer with simplest of understanding can easily notice this factor to verify genuineness.


Other factors must also to be considered with this price factor.


2. Second is quality 

If a jewelry piece is genuine gold forming quality, then it must be able to washed with water, soapy water and detergent, it will not become white or black by getting washed with water or soap. Ask a seller about this, if any seller denies to wash that piece, then it may not be a genuine gold forming piece.


3. Warranty

Genuine gold forming quality may have some kind of warranty, after sale service and / or return / exchange value. Get proper information about it before buying. If a seller offers nothing after sales, it may not be a genuine 1gram gold jewelry.


4. Durability

Genuine 1 gram jewelry may last 1 to 3 years according to its use. It can fade to some extent as real gold jewelry too get tone-downed during daily use. But jewelry shall never become black/white. It cannot be damaged by water, soap, shampoo and detergent. It cannot turn black by time in a stored condition or not used often.


5. Look

Genuine Quality 1 gram jewelry may have almost real gold jewelry like look and finishing that one cannot easily distinguish between genuine ‘1 gram jewelry’ and ‘Real gold jewelry’. Its color tone, look, finishing and shining are of real gold jewelry. Because ultimately, the upper layer is really in fact - Gold.



Does 1 gram gold jewelry have any resale or exchange value?


Most probably yes,

As gold powder can be recovered to some extent from used jewelry piece. So, reputed sellers can offer 20 % to 40 % return-exchange value within certain time limit.



Can customer check the gold existence in that piece?


Generally, customer can not check by themself but, an experienced gold smith can check gold existence in any piece by traditional method of ‘Kasauti’ using a stone and nitric acid.



How one can know the exact weight of pure gold in 1 gram gold jewelry?


As we have informed here that pure gold portion of any of 1 gram jewelry piece is a fractional percentage of total weight of piece. In such a piece, only existence of gold can be checked not the amount or weight.


Also, there is no any kind of test method developed as on June 2025, that can be accurately find out the fraction percentage of gold in such gold coated jewelry piece.


Simple example: Can anyone say exact weight of edible oil in a fried samosa? Simply, no! The exact weight of edible oil in samosa cannot be shown by seller in invoice.


Because there exists no any developed method for it, and if in future a method is developed, even then it won’t be affordable to sell a Rs.15 or 20 samosa.



Is there any certificate available with 1 gram gold jewelry?


No, there is not any mandate from government or not any stipulated certificate process available for such jewelry category, as BIS Hallmark certificate is available for real gold jewelry. If any seller talks about any self-certification, then it does not have any real value greater than yesterday's news paper. It is a complete marketing gimmick.


As a buyer we should not bother about tests and certificates, because the prices are not so high for such things to be considered. Prices are for Artificial jewelry piece.


Though, it is little bit high compare to cheap artificial jewelry but it is worth the pay for its gold like finishing and designs.


Durability and service warranties are additional benefits for buying it.



What are the benefits to buy 1 gram gold jewelry?


Simple one sentence answer is "Real gold jewelry like look at a fractional value"


1 gram gold jewelry’s looks and finishing almost like Real Gold Jewelry.


95 % Real Jewelry like piece at only 1 to 2 % value of real jewelry


Long lasting life, washable with soap and water


Warranty service and Return/Exchange value


Real Gold Jewelry has a concern about price. Today, when gold is hovering around Rs. 1 lakh per 10 grams. 1 gram gold jewelry comes at 1 to 2 % value of real jewelry. Approx. at a half value of the GST only that you pay for ‘gold jewelry’.


Real Gold jewelry has a concern of home storage, theft, robbery and loss with it.


1 gram gold jewelry does not have any such worry.


Not wearing jewelry (particularly for mid-aged women) in daily life or on any auspicious occasion or festivals in today’s time is not even imaginable. Jewelry is sign of our social status and prosperity. Irrespective of any differences of any cultures, languages or geographies of India.


1 Gram Jewelry helps to maintain such status without bearing any risk and financial burden to avoid social stigma.


Peace of mind: As gold prices are increased, worry and anxiety of keep jewelry safe at home or during traveling or during a party function is increased many folds. 1 gram gold jewelry provides a sense of relief from it.



Is one gram of gold jewelry and imitation jewelry the same?


Technically, yes. After all, one gram gold jewelry is an artificial jewelry with gold coating.  


Practically, no! Cheap imitation jewelry is valued from Rs. 10 – 500 and it does not have look like real gold jewelry. There are many types of manufacturing process and plating quality available in imitation category as per its price.


1 gram jewelry is not as cheap as imitation jewelry, it looks like ‘real gold jewelry’ and highly-durable compare to imitation jewelry.


It is a premium category jewelry, its process of designing and manufacturing is almost like real gold jewelry. It takes almost same efforts and skilled hard-work as real gold jewelry takes to make it.


What is One Gram Gold Jewelry? All about 1 Gram Gold Coated Jewelry



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