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Gold Ring Appraisal After Resizing Question:
Hello, My spouse had a ring made for me, without knowing my ring size, and had it made a size 7.
The appraisal was done at that time and the ring weighed 6.7 grams. I had to have it resized down to a size 5.5, it then weighed 6.18 grams.
Price: $22.04
I recently had to have it resized up to a size 6.5 and it still weighs 6.18 grams.
This was all done at the original place of purchase.
This last resize is a bad job as there is a divot and you can see where it was resized, also an emerald has been chipped.
It is a gold band that is (was) fairly thick all the way around with stones only on the top.
How does the change in weight affect my original appraisal if I were to resell the ring?
I'm quite disheartened by the bad resize job and no change in gold weight, is that normal?
Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me. 
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That's worth more than a few dollars, isn't it?
Now the first thing is you didn't mention WHAT QUALITY of Gold the Ring was made from. If it was made in 9ct or 12 kt - it would have a very different value than a ring made in 18ct or 22k for example.
However, in this case - the ring only weighed 6.7 grams to start with and was later weighed again as being 6.18 grams. This is a difference of just 0.52 grams (just over half of one gram).
Assuming middle ground at around 12 or 14 karat - the difference in the gold quality is minimal. We calculate it like this...
One ounce of PURE gold roughly equals 32 grams (pure gold being calculated as 24 carat). Oh and BTW - if you see I am switching between ct or kt (carats and karats) please read my earlier post on gold quality here.
So we can calculate gold (listed today) as being US$930 per ounce - so we divide that figure by the 32 grams in order to see what one gram is worth. That is 930 / 32 = 29.0625 dollars per gram.
BUT then we have to divide it again by the PURE gold quality of 24 carats to find out what 1 carat gold is worth...
Stay with me here - it's really easy once you get used to it.
That is: 29.0625 / 24 = 1.2109375 dollars for one gram of one carat gold quality.
Next we have to multiply this by the ACTUAL GOLD QUALITY of the ring (we suggested 12 carat because the person who requested this information didn't tell us) so that is 1.2109375 * 12 = 14.53125 dollars but as this was only half a gram in weight, would be approximately $7 bucks.
Phew!
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