I've seen and lost wax cast 14K and 10K Yellow and Pink Gold and these
pictures look much more tarnished than I would expect.
Alan Black

"Murray Peterson" wrote in message
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Ignoramus27444 wrote in
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I received a "gold chain" as a birthday present, two months ago. Since
then, the chain has discolored in ways that made me suspect that it is
not real gold. It is stamped "14K Italy".

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Can this possibly be gold?

Certainly.
14 karat gold is quite susceptible to tarnishing -- it's less than 60%
gold, with the other 40% usually being copper.