Metal Abbreviations
The three-letter codes listed below indicate the range of possible finishes available on metal products purchased from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads. These abbreviations are used exclusively by Fire Mountain Gems to label and identify our products. Customers will see these three-letter abbreviation codes on invoices found within each order and also on some catalog pages. Metal finishes will be written out on the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads website.
Finish | Abbreviation |
Antique brass-finished or color | ABF |
Antique brass-plated | ABP |
Antique bronze-finished or color | ABF |
Antique copper-finished or color | ACF |
Antique copper-plated | ACP |
Antique gold-finished or color | AGF |
Antique gold-plated | AGP |
Antique nickel-plated | ANP |
Antique imitation rhodium-finished or color | ARF |
Antique imitation rhodium-plated | ARP |
Antique rhodium-finished or color | ARF |
Antique rhodium-plated | ARP |
Antique silver-finished or color | ASF |
Antique silver-plated | ASP |
Antiqued "vermeil" | GP/SS |
Black-plated | BKP |
Black-finished | BKF |
Brass-finished or color | BRF |
Brass-plated | BRP |
Bronze-finished or color | BRF |
Brown copper-finished or color | BCF |
Chrome-finished | CRF |
Chrome-plated | CRP |
Copper-finished or color | CPF |
Copper-plated | CPP |
Gold-filled | GF |
Gold-finished or color | GLF |
Gold-plated | GLP |
Gunmetal-finished or color | GMF |
Gunmetal-plated | GMP |
Imitation nickel-plated | INP |
Imitation rhodium-finished or color | IRF |
Imitation rhodium-plated | IRP |
Nickel-finished or color | NLF |
Nickel-plated | NLP |
Oxidized gold color | AGF |
Oxidized silver color | ASF |
Oxidized silver plating | ASP |
Rhodium-finished or color | RDF |
Rhodium-plated | RDP |
Rose gold-finished or color | RGF |
Rose gold-plated | RGP |
Silver-finished or color | SLF |
Silver-plated | SLP |
Sterling silver | SS |
Sterling silver-filled | SSF |
"Vermeil" | GP/SS |
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