Honey is not a reliable way to test gold. Most people use the scratch test and the acid test based on karats.
Gather up a lot of honey.Take it and the gold to a jeweler and say "Hey, I'll give you this honey if you test this gold."There isn't really any reliable chemical way to test gold with honey.
Apparently there is a way to test using honey if your piece turns green when placed in it, it is gold
Biting a coin was historically thought to be a way to test for pure gold because gold is a soft metal and would leave a mark when bitten. However, this method is not reliable as other metals can also leave a mark when bitten. A more accurate test for pure gold would be to use acid testing or electronic gold testers.
When dragged across a streak plate, gold will leave a yellow streak, pyrite will leave a greenish-black streak. It is one way of differentiating gold from pyrite.
Put what you think is gold in a jar of honey; if it turns green then it is gold ($). Don't worry if it turns green because the color will go away after an hour or two in warm water.
You can test the authenticity of honey by doing a few simple tests: purity test (add water and observe if honey dissolves quickly), thumb test (if honey sticks to the thumb and doesn't spread, it's pure), flame test (dip a matchstick in honey and light it, pure honey will burn), water test (if honey dissolves in water, it's not pure), and taste test (pure honey has a distinct taste and aroma).
One way would be to perform a streak test by sliding the sample across an unglazed tile with a little bit of pressure. Gold will have a gold colored streak and pyrite will have a greenish black streak. After exposure to flame, pyrite will have a slight sulfur smell which gold will not. == == == ==
Two methods to tell real gold from fools gold are:Rub the piece of gold against a piece of unglazed ceramic material. If it is real, it will leave a golden mark while fools gold will leave a black mark.Apply nitric acid to the gold. If it dissolves, then it is obviously fake, as real gold cannot be dissolved in nitric acid.
There is a special test to use to find that out. Put them in a glass of water and leave it there for 36 hours or more. If you take it out and scratch the "gold" part, it should NOT feel like sandpaper. If it does, it is not a real gold earring.
Resorcinol is used to test honey to see if sugar has been added to the honey. After adding the solution of resorcinol to the honey boil it, if the mixture turns red it means sugar is added and the honey is not pure.
if the metal sinks in water is is proof it is gold
how long ago ??