XRF test results for wedding ring set: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free. Trace Cadmium (safe by all standards).

Ring one – with bent metal band – images above:

#1.) Test on the band

• Cadmium (Cd): 40 +/- 8 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 47 +/- 7 ppm
• Gold (Au): 28,700 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 14,300 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 54,900 +/- 1,200 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 20,400 +/- 600 ppm
• Indium (In): 31 +/- 11 ppm

#2.) Test on the stones

• Cadmium (Cd): 56 +/- 14 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 75 +/- 13 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 1,376 +/- 100 ppm
• Nb: 1,839 +/- 96 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 116 +/- 55 ppm
• Gold (Au): 62,900 +/- 3,300 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 24,000 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 92,400 +/- 2,900 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 32,100 +/- 1,200 ppm
• Indium (In): 50 +/- 18 ppm

#3.) Test on the connection points for the stones

• Cadmium (Cd): 52 +/- 15 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 93 +/- 16 ppm
• Gold (Au): 86,900 +/- 5,200 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 33,900 +/- 1,500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 121,600 +/- 4,300 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 42,500 +/- 1,700 ppm
• Indium (In): 66 +/- 21 ppm

Ring two – images above:

#1.) Test on the band

• Cadmium (Cd): 61 +/- 14 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 297 +/- 26 ppm
• Nb: 1,542 +/- 79 ppm
• Gold (Au): 57,100 +/- 2,700 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 13,000 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 48,600 +/- 1,500 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 14,700 +/- 600 ppm

#2.) Test on the stones

• Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 8 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 147 +/- 11 ppm
• Gold (Au): 20.500 +/- 700 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 289 +/- 91 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 5,207 +/- 187 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 21,900 +/- 500 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 6,541 +/- 259 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 610 +/- 136 ppm
• Indium (In): 26 +/- 10 ppm

#3.) Test on the connection points for the stones

• Cadmium (Cd): 93 +/- 20 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 748 +/- 68 ppm
• Gold (Au): 132,100 +/- 8,300 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 25,300 +/- 1,200 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 91,800 +/- 3,600 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 27,400 +/- 1,300 ppm
• Indium (In): 46 +/- 22 ppm

Some additional reading for those interested in this post:

• More posts about wedding bands I have tested.
• More gold rings I have tested.
• My advice about jewelry.
• My overview post about the testing methodology I use for the test results reported on this blog.

As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama