Karat Againts Price of Gold Jewelry

October 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under: General Information, Jewelry Best Guidelines, karat 

Gold is one of the most commonly used materials for jewelry. And as gold jewelry doesn’t discolor like silver does, they are ideal for people with allergy concerns. Because of its malleability, gold is mixed with other metals to improve its durability and structure. That’s why even 24K gold isn’t really made purely of gold.

These days most of the gold jewelry is made of an alloy of gold, stating its purity in karat by displaying a number followed by K. The karat system is used to explain the percentage or proportion of pure gold in jewelry. The higher the karat number, the higher the percentage of gold. 24K gold is the highest karat amount you can look for. The next would be 18K, 14K, 12K, and 10K. Any gold jewelry with a rating lower than 10K is no longer considered gold jewelry. In Europe, the karat rating is shown in percentage. 18K would be .750 because it contains 75% gold. 14K would be .583, 12K would be .500.

So the priced of gold jewelry is influenced by the karat. The higher karat the higher priced of the gold. It makes the higher the price of gold jewelry.

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  1. healthranker.com on Tue, 28th Oct 2008 8:23 pm

    2. The Connection Between Karat and Price of Gold…

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