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It is important to always look for a karat mark when choosing gold jewelry (18k, 14k or 10k). This information will be stamped somewhere on the piece and buyjewelry is your assurance you are buying REAL gold. The karat mark refers to the purity of gold. In its purest state, 24-karat, is generally considered too soft for practical use in jewelry. For durability and workability pure gold is alloyed with other buyjewelry metals. Twenty-four karat is 100% pure gold (24 parts gold). 18k is 18 parts gold and 6 parts other metals and so on. Alloys of less than 10 karat cannot be stamped with the karat mark and are not considered REAL gold. Only karat gold jewelry is REAL gold. Some jewelry is processed with a thin layer of gold. It may be marked "gold-filled" or "gold-plated." Remember only karat gold offers the lasting characteristics of this precious metal. At our company we offer only the highest quality 14k and 18k gold jewelry from the finest manufacturers. Many of our company’s intricate buyjewelry wedding band designs can only be achieved through modern technology. Here, a wedding ring is being faceted by a special Swiss machine. The design will be perfectly cut on the entire circle. An expert jeweler applies a white gold head to a yellow gold engagement ring, typifying our company’s ability to fill a customer''s special preference. The same ring could be all yellow or all white. Gold solder is used in this process. A large inventory of unfinished wedding rings in 18K, 14K, and 10K must always be maintained to fill customers'' orders promptly. Shown is one of many trays containing buyjewelry blanks of various sizes buyjewelry and widths. ©2003 www.college-class-rings.com. All rights reserved. |