Collection: SOLID GOLD JEWELLERY

Solid Gold

Probably the world’s most common solid gold types of Gold Jewellery Settings is 9 carat, 9ct or 9k and is called 375 gold. It’s compromised of 37.5% pure gold, the other 62.5% is usually a mixture of other precious metals and base metals such as copper and silver.

14kt gold which is is 585 purity The copper is added to gold to strengthen it (gold is quite a soft metal)., which is 58.5% pure gold and 41.5% other metals.

18kt gold is 750 (75% pure) and 24ct gold is 99.9% or 100% pure gold. The drawbacks include ethical concerns about the way the gold was gathered (we always use recycled gold, wherever possible), this Fairtrade Article explains some of the problems of mining gold.

You can read about the different types of gold here