§ 234 — Quality; contents

§ 234. Quality; contents. There shall not be applied to any article\nany quality mark nor any colorable imitation thereof, nor any\ncontraction thereof, nor any addition thereto, nor any words or letters,\nnor any mark purporting to be or resembling a quality mark except as\nfollows:\n (a) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts of platinum,\niridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, where solder is\nnot used and at least 950/1000ths parts of said metal or metals where\nsolder is used, may be marked "platinum," provided that the total of the\naforementioned metals other than pure platinum shall amount to no more\nthan 50/1000ths parts of the contents of the entire article.\n (b) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts of platinum,\niridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, where solder is\nnot used and at least 950/1000ths parts of the said metal or metals\nwhere solder is used, and provided further that at least 750/1000ths\nparts of said article are pure platinum, may be marked "platinum,"\nprovided immediately preceding the mark "platinum" there is the name or\nabbreviation as hereinafter provided, of either iridium, palladium,\nruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, which ever of said metals\npredominates, and provided further that such predominating other metal\nmust be more than 50/1000ths parts of the entire article.\n (c) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts of platinum,\niridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, where solder is\nnot used and at least 950/1000ths parts of said metals where solder is\nused, provided more than 500/1000ths parts of said article consist of\npure platinum, may be marked with the word "platinum," provided that\nsaid word is immediately preceded by a decimal fraction in\none-thousandths showing the platinum content in proportion to the\ncontent of the entire article, and further provided that said mark\n"platinum" be followed by the name or abbreviation as herein allowed, of\nsuch one or more of the following metals, to wit: iridium, palladium,\nruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, that may be present in the article in\nquantity of more than 50/1000ths parts of the entire article. The name\nof such other metal or metals other than platinum, however, shall each\nbe immediately preceded by a decimal fraction in one-thousandths showing\nthe content of such other metal or metals in proportion to the entire\narticle, as for example, 600 plat., 350 pall., or 500 plat., 200 pall.,\n150 ruth., 100 rhod.\n (d) An article consisting of 950/1000ths parts of the following\nmetals: platinum, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, and/or osmium\nwith less than 500/1000ths parts of the entire article consisting of\npure platinum, may be marked with the name iridium, palladium,\nruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, which ever predominates in the said\narticle but in no event with the mark "platinum," provided, however,\nthat the quantity of such metal other than platinum so marked, must be\nmarked in decimal thousandths, and provided further that the name of\nsuch metal other than platinum so used must be spelled out in full\nirrespective of any other provisions of this article to the contrary.\n (e) An article composed of platinum and gold which resembles, appears\nor purports to be platinum, may be marked with a karat mark and the\nplatinum mark, provided:\n 1. The platinum in such article shall be at least 985/1000ths parts\npure platinum; and\n 2. The fineness of the gold in such article shall be correctly\ndescribed by the karat mark of said gold; and\n 3. The percentage of platinum in such article shall be no less than\nfive per centum in weight of the total weight of the article; and\n 4. The mark shall be so applied that the karat mark shall immediately\nprecede the platinum mark, as for example, "14K & Plat.", "18 K &\nPlat.", as the case may be, it being expressly provided that in case the\npercentage of platinum exceeds the five per centum provided herein, the\nquality mark may also include a declaration of the percentage of\nplatinum, as for example, "18 K & 1/10th Plat.", or "14 K & 1/8 Plat."\nor as the case may be.\n (f) An article composed of platinum and any other material or metal\nnot resembling, appearing or purporting to be platinum, may be marked\nwith the quality mark platinum provided all parts or portions of such\narticle resembling or appearing or purporting to be platinum, or\nreasonably purporting to be described as platinum by said quality mark,\nshall be at least 985/1000ths parts pure platinum.\n