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Nowadays jewelers and customers have access to a wide range of medals. Gold is always an excellent choice when buying earrings, rings, bracelets, and necklaces.
The metal is classic and less expensive than platinum. As it turns out platinum scratches more and isn't as easy to resize as gold if, in years to come, the size of your ring finger changes. For this reason and others, gold is widely used to make engagement rings.
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Pure 24K gold (meaning 100% gold) is soft, malleable, and not durable enough to wear as everyday jewelry. The gold we usually wear as a ring is a gold alloy (meaning it is mixed with a harder metal) to make it stronger so your jewelry won't bend or scratch with daily wear.
22K is 91.67% gold and 8.33% of a secondary metal.Photo: Novemgold - 18K gold is 75% gold and 25% of other metals.
- 14K gold is 58.3% gold and 41.7% of other metals.
- In the USA 10K gold is sometimes sold, which is 41.7% gold and 58.3% other metals.
Nowadays gold comes in 3 popular colors: Yellow, white, and rose. There are differences between them, but when considering which hue to get, it's more a matter of personal preference.
Yellow gold is the color of pure 24K gold. When making jewelry, yellow gold is an alloy made by mixing it with yellow metals like zinc and copper. It looks fabulous on most skin tones, which is why yellow gold is so popular for engagement rings.
If deciding between yellow, white, or rose gold, it comes down to which one you love the best and sometimes the particular gems you're pairing it with ... I think you can always tell which one to get with just one look after trying on a piece. You know it when you see it. Trust your eyes and heart, and you won't go wrong.
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I have gold rings, but also own a rose gold Belcher chain which I fell in love with about twenty years ago. I do like the look of rose gold, but have twice bought earrings in rose and found they irritated my skin. Back to the yellow gold hoops, timeless. Of course, I also wear bright coloured plastic jewellery when I have a mind to be bright and tropical, lol.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was doing the research, I read that in cases when 10K yellow gold irritates the skin, it means the wearer is allergic to a metal that is combined with the gold to make the alloy. It could be an allergy to zinc or copper. The same could apply to rose or white gold. In the case of rose gold, perhaps the copper added to harden it. You are likely allergic to your rose gold's secondary metal, Trish. Gosh, that's when you have to buy purer 18K gold, or as you've done wear another color -- without the offending metal. You intuitively cured your own allergy, Trish. :)
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DeleteI wonder if 'rose gold' will go out of style though.
ReplyDeleteMany people are fond of rose gold and it universally complements all skin tones. Time will tell.
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