| Comment Number: | 517683-00061 |
| Received: | 10/12/2005 11:02:29 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Wayne Schenk |
| State: | CA |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries |
| Docket ID: | To Be Added |
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Comments:
Sirs, I would like to express my opposition to having Platinum alloys with less than 850 parts per thousand legitimized in the United States. As a working Goldsmith I have had some minor experience with some of these alloys and find that they do not have the mechanical properties or tarnish resistance I associate with traditional Platinum alloys. I also am somewhat offended by the Idea that the United States would have the lowest international standard for Platinum (the international standard is 850/1000). There is also mater that several of the individual States including California where I currently reside have State statutes which would make the marketing of some of these alloys illegal. Specifically The California Business and Professional code sections 22120 - 22132 This should come as no surprise to the jewelery industry as it was Published in an article by Elly Rosen in the American Jewelery Manufacturer (AJM) in a two part article part article published in April and May of 1998. W.M. Schenk