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HOW TO COMPARE GOLD GRADE BETWEEN : K9, K14, K18, K22 AND K24.
November 6, 2020
Intend to buy gold ring for wedding day? but confuse to choose the best gold for yourself?
There are few thing you need to observe before purchase gold jewelry so that, you can compare the price is worth to buy or not because price sometimes can be expensive including the design, materials or even the gold grade itself.
Grade of gold is represent the percent of gold in the jewelry.
Here some information you can read on how to differentiate grade gold between K9, K14, K18, K22 and K24.
K9/375
- K9 contains 37.5% gold.
- Basically you can see the number 375 stamping on the ring or other jewelry.
- K9 is the most durable.
- K9 has the lowest gold content.
K14/585
- Slightly purer while also highly durable.
- K14 contains 58.5% gold and 41.7% alloy, or 14 out of 24 parts gold.
- Basically you can see the number 585 stamping on the ring or other jewelry.
- K14 gold is potential to trigger skin irritation. it’s has a higher alloy content than 18k gold and can be itchy, uncomfortable skin if you have a copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or iron allergy.
K18/750
- K18 contains 75.0% gold and 25% alloy.
- Can be seen with the number 750 stamping on the ring or other jewelry.
- Expensive and easy to scratch.
- Favourable and attractive material for engagement rings and other jewelry.
- Among the most expensive gold jewelry especially has diamond stick on it.
K22/916
- K22 contains 91.6% gold and 100 gram of alloy
- Can be see with the number 916 stamping on the jewelry
- Considered ideal in making intricate jewellery, because pure gold is too fragile.
- considered to be the best quality of gold for making jewelleries.
- K22 is the best investment for long term of investment, which means if you are intend to sell your 916 gold in future, the price will be increase by time to time.
- Among the most expensive gold jewelry because of higher percent gold made by it.
JEWEL CAFE : K22 GOLD JEWELRY
K24/999.99
- K24 gold is pure gold. Since it’s very soft and malleable, this type of gold isn’t used for engagement rings.
- K24 contains 999.99% gold
- Can be seen with the number 999.99 stamping on the jewelry, gold bar and gold coins.
- Gold don’t mixed with any other metals.
- K24 is extremely soft and not suitable for jewelry because it bends and warps easily, making it a poor metal for jewelry that needs to retain its shape.
- K24 scratches easily, meaning it doesn’t take long for pure gold jewelry to become scuffed and unattractive.
- The color of pure gold is much brighter and more orange than what most people associate with the gold used in jewelry.
- It’s extremely expensive.
JEWEL CAFE : K24 GOLD BAR
