GOLD is pure and fine, it is naturally yellow in color and it is the most malleable and ductile of all metals. Pure Gold is alloyed with other metals to make it harder and more resistant to wear, to reduce it's cost and to obtain different color. It is known by Karat / Carat.
KARAT indicates purity or how much of the metal in a piece of jewelry is gold.
Most common karats used for gold / fineness of gold karat
24K (.999) pure gold (too soft to use in jewelry)
22K (.916) very soft for use of jewelry / bend out of shape
21K (.875) very fine jewelry
18K (.750) fine jewelry
14K (.585) use in traditional jewelry / hard and metal maintain it's original look
12K (.500) color is not attractive
10K (.417) average or legal karat to be called GOLD
Yellow Gold is the common jewelry being used.
White Gold is slightly in yellow color and plated with Rhodium, a chemical element that is a rare, hard, durable, silvery shiny white metal.
Rose Gold a large proportiono f copper in the metal alloy and give the gold a beautiful pink color.
Platinum is more precious than gold. It marks PT or 950 PLAT on the jewelry to identify. It is common used in wedding rings and it is very durable 95% platinum.
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