Gold testing machine ‘Karatmeter’ installed in LMD office

Jammu/April,8:  In a major relief to customers of Jammu, the Department of Legal Metrology Saturday equipped its office with gold purity testing machine “Karatmeter” to facilitate the buyer get tested purity of their gold ornaments.

‘’Karatmeter, an accurate, non-destructive means of testing purity of gold, would give an exact reading of the purity of precious gold ornaments thus saving the customers from any exploitation in this regard”, informed Joint Controller, LMD, V.S Sambyal while conducting the test run on the machine.

Joint Controller informed that a customer can get the quality of his gold ornaments tested through this machine during any working hours.

The department has appealed the people dealing with gold trade to mark correct purity on ornaments displayed for sale in their trading premises alongwith their mark.