A Hallmarking Center is a facility dedicated to assessing and certifying the quality and purity of precious metals, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Its primary objective is to provide consumers with assurance regarding the authenticity and standards of these metals. Through rigorous testing procedures such as fire assay, X-ray fluorescence, and spectrometry, the center determines the composition and purity of the metal.
The BIS Hallmark is a hallmarking system for gold jewellery sold in India certifying the purity of the metal.
It certifies that the piece of jewellery conforms to a set of standards laid by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHCs) test pieces of jewellery
individually to ensure that proper standards are followed in their making and that the hallmarked products do contain the assured cartage of gold.
Gold hallmarking involves marking precious metal items with symbols to indicate purity
These ensure consumer confidence by certifying the gold's quality and adherence to standards