GOLD KARAT GUIDE

Gold Dual-tone Yellow Gold and White Gold

GOLD KARAT GUIDE
Karat	Metals	Color	% Gold	Hallmark	Alloys	Quality
24K	Pure Gold	Yellow	99.90%	999	None	Highest
18K	18K Gold	Yellow	75%	750	Metal	Best daily wear
14K	14K Gold	Yellow	58.50%	585	Metal	Best Value
14K	14K White Gold	White	58.50%	585	Nickel
10K	10K Gold	Yellow	41.70%	417	Metal	Min Gold content, US
10 or 12K	Rose Gold	Rose			Copper
10 or 12K	Green Gold	Greenish			Silver
		Blue			Iron
		Purple			Aluminum

Other Metals…
	Platinum	Gray	95%		5% Metal	More precious
	Titanium	Grey	90%		10% Metal	No skin irritants
	Pure Silver	Silver	99.90%	999	None	Soft
	Sterling Silver	Silver	92.50%	925	7.5% Copper, Nickel	Harder

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Karat is the measure of the parts of gold used in the alloy, expressed in parts out of 24.
Each Karat is approximately equal to 4.1625 percent

Hallmark Stamp numbers corralate to the percentage of gold content,
as in Europe and No America, not in Chinese, Arabic or Hebrew symbols.

Trademark Hallmark identifies the maker

White Gold is sometimes made with palladium, reducing allergic reactions, but more expensive.

Black Hills Gold is known for the colored gold alloys.

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