Aurum. The Gold

Gold is the most common metal used for jewelry. It comes in different colors and purities.  Usually, you can meet 10, 14 karats or 18 karats gold stamp or “375”, “585” or “750” hallmark on the inner side of the ring. In a range of colors: white, rose, yellow, and red gold. 

What does all this mean?

It’s easy. By the American system, 24 karat is 100% pure gold (to be precise, almost pure – 99.99%). Pure gold is most precious, but it is too soft to be used for jewelry. To add more durability and hardness to the metal, we need to add some alloys. Otherwise, it will be unusable. It will lose the jewelry's original shape, under even slight pressure of her tender fingers, and be easily scratched, by metal, stone, or other hard items she handles. Often, we use 14 and 18 karat gold alloys.