Gold jewellery is sought-after worldwide, and people from all over the world descend upon Dubai to buy their favourite pieces.
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The amount of gold on display in Dubai is mesmerizing
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Customers at the Deira Gold Souq in awe of the yellow metal in Dubai
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Gold is more affordable in the UAE than it is anywhere else in the world.
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Another reason why people love the gold in Dubai, is because of its purity. Gold can be trusted in Dubai, says Ismail Abdulla Almass, head of product quality control unit at Dubai Central Laboratory, Dubai Municipality
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Gold shopper at the Joyalukkas Jewellery in Bur Dubai. According to Dubai Municipality, there are 804 gold jewellery shops in Dubai.
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Meet Maryam Mohammad Al Hammadi, the first woman gold inspector of Dubai checks the calibration of a gold weighing machine as part of the inspection process. For the uninitiated, Dubai Municipality conducts random inspections of jewellery shops in the emirate to ensure quality standards of gold and jewellery are maintained. You know now why Dubai gold can be trusted.
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Dubai Municipality inspectors carry out systematic inspections every day. They visit shops daily to make random inspections and collect samples (jewellery pieces like bracelets, chain, etc) to check for its fineness mark and its purity
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Dubai's women gold inspectors walking inside the Karama Centre to do a random inspection as part of a routine requirement
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Maryam gets on with her paper-work before testing jewellery pieces at the store in Karama Centre
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Dubai Municipality gold inspector, Maryam makes her pick of jewellery to be tested from a store in Karama Centre
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Maryam checking for the hallmarks on a gold piece jewellery at Kalyan Jewellers in Karama Centre, Dubain Karama
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Gold pieces carry various fineness mark, according to the caratage of gold. For example, 22 carat carries a mark of 916, 21 carat – 875, 18 carat – 750, 16 carat – 666, 14 carat – 583, 12 carat – 500. Silver and platinum jewellery pieces carry fineness marks as well
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Gold pieces carry various fineness mark, according to the caratage of gold. For example, 22 carat carries a mark of 916, 21 carat – 875, 18 carat – 750, 16 carat – 666, 14 carat – 583, 12 carat – 500. Silver and platinum jewellery pieces carry fineness marks as well
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Maryam making a list of the gold jewellery pieces she is picking to test for its purity
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Dubai Gold inspector, Maryam places a jewellery piece inside the bubble wrap envelope
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Inside Dubai Central Laboratory's gemstone and precious laboratory, meet Aisha Rashed Al Mazrooei, head of Gemstone and Precious Metal Labs Unit, Dubai Central Laboratory Department. For the uninitiated, this is where the purity of gold and jewellery is doneays gold,emstones are test on a regular basis
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Aisha Rashed Al Mazrooei, head of Gemstone and Precious Metal Labs Unit, Dubai Central Laboratory Department, the machine is a Fischerscope X-Ray HDV which can detect 24 elements at a time
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Ranjith Thavittchura Kunnummal, Precious Metal Analyst (Chemist) at the Dubai Central Laboratory airbrushing a jewellery piece at the testing department
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Inside the furnace room, putting a jewellery piece to extract gold
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