2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 234 - Quality; Contents.

§  234.  Quality;  contents. There shall not be applied to any article
any  quality  mark  nor  any  colorable  imitation  thereof,   nor   any
contraction thereof, nor any addition thereto, nor any words or letters,
nor  any  mark  purporting  to be or resembling a quality mark except as
follows:
(a) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts  of  platinum,
iridium,  palladium,  ruthenium,  rhodium and/or osmium, where solder is
not used and at least 950/1000ths parts of said metal  or  metals  where
solder is used, may be marked "platinum," provided that the total of the
aforementioned  metals  other than pure platinum shall amount to no more
than 50/1000ths parts of the contents of the entire article.
(b) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts  of  platinum,
iridium,  palladium,  ruthenium,  rhodium and/or osmium, where solder is
not used and at least 950/1000ths parts of  the  said  metal  or  metals
where  solder  is  used,  and provided further that at least 750/1000ths
parts of said article are  pure  platinum,  may  be  marked  "platinum,"
provided  immediately preceding the mark "platinum" there is the name or
abbreviation as hereinafter  provided,  of  either  iridium,  palladium,
ruthenium,   rhodium   and/or   osmium,   which   ever  of  said  metals
predominates, and provided further that such predominating  other  metal
must be more than 50/1000ths parts of the entire article.
(c)  An  article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts of platinum,
iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium,  where  solder  is
not  used  and at least 950/1000ths parts of said metals where solder is
used, provided more than 500/1000ths parts of said  article  consist  of
pure  platinum,  may  be  marked with the word "platinum," provided that
said  word  is  immediately  preceded   by   a   decimal   fraction   in
one-thousandths  showing  the  platinum  content  in  proportion  to the
content of the entire article,  and  further  provided  that  said  mark
"platinum" be followed by the name or abbreviation as herein allowed, of
such  one  or  more of the following metals, to wit: iridium, palladium,
ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, that may be present in the article  in
quantity  of  more than 50/1000ths parts of the entire article. The name
of such other metal or metals other than platinum, however,  shall  each
be immediately preceded by a decimal fraction in one-thousandths showing
the  content  of  such other metal or metals in proportion to the entire
article, as for example, 600 plat., 350 pall., or 500 plat., 200  pall.,
150 ruth., 100 rhod.
(d)  An  article  consisting  of  950/1000ths  parts  of the following
metals:  platinum, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, and/or osmium
with less than 500/1000ths parts of the  entire  article  consisting  of
pure   platinum,  may  be  marked  with  the  name  iridium,  palladium,
ruthenium, rhodium and/or osmium, which ever predominates  in  the  said
article  but  in  no  event with the mark "platinum," provided, however,
that the quantity of such metal other than platinum so marked,  must  be
marked  in  decimal  thousandths,  and provided further that the name of
such metal other than platinum so used  must  be  spelled  out  in  full
irrespective of any other provisions of this article to the contrary.
(e)  An article composed of platinum and gold which resembles, appears
or purports to be platinum, may be marked with  a  karat  mark  and  the
platinum mark, provided:
1.  The  platinum  in such article shall be at least 985/1000ths parts
pure platinum; and
2. The fineness of  the  gold  in  such  article  shall  be  correctly
described by the karat mark of said gold; and
3.  The  percentage  of platinum in such article shall be no less than
five per centum in weight of the total weight of the article; and
4. The mark shall be so applied that the karat mark shall  immediately
precede  the  platinum  mark,  as  for  example,  "14K & Plat.", "18 K &
Plat.", as the case may be, it being expressly provided that in case the
percentage of platinum exceeds the five per centum provided herein,  the
quality  mark  may  also  include  a  declaration  of  the percentage of
platinum, as for example, "18 K & 1/10th Plat.", or "14 K &  1/8  Plat."
or as the case may be.
(f)  An  article  composed of platinum and any other material or metal
not resembling, appearing or purporting to be platinum,  may  be  marked
with  the  quality  mark platinum provided all parts or portions of such
article resembling  or  appearing  or  purporting  to  be  platinum,  or
reasonably  purporting to be described as platinum by said quality mark,
shall be at least 985/1000ths parts pure platinum.