What Is White Gold Made Of?
ANSWER: White gold is made up of a blend of gold and silver alloy material such as nickel, palladium or magnesium, having a value of 32.0 or less on the Yellowness Index. [Read More...]
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What Is Vermeil?
ANSWER: Vermeil is a sterling silver piece covered in a layer of gold. Vermeil Requirements The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has established guidelines for placing the [Read More...]
What Is the Difference Between Platinum and White Gold?
While they may seem similar in appearance to the untrained eye and gold has a fabled history, platinum is a precious metal that is naturally white. White gold, however, is [Read More...]
What Is the Density of Gold?
ANSWER: The density of gold is 19.3 g/ml. Elmhurst College has an interesting exercise the point of which is to demonstrate how the movies skew our perceptions by [Read More...]
What Is a Karat?
Answer: Although the jewelry industry terms “karat” and “carat” are often confused, they refer to two distinct concepts. The former is a unit of [Read More...]
Is Gold a Mineral?
ANSWER: Gold IS a mineral. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a mineral is a naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substance having a definite chemical [Read More...]
How to Clean Gold Jewelry
As a general guideline, you should always try to keep all jewelry away from harsh chemicals, hot tubs, swimming pools, strenuous activities, extreme temperatures, and intense [Read More...]
Where Is Gold Found on Earth?
Gold Producing Countries For many decades, South Africa was the top gold-producing country in the world, peaking in the 1960s with its exploitation of the Witwatersrand [Read More...]
What Is Fool’s Gold?
Fool’s Gold Is a Mineral The mineral called fool’s gold is actually iron pyrite. Iron pyrite is a shiny, yellow mineral that is abundant in the Earth’s crust and has [Read More...]
Gold Plated vs Gold Filled
ANSWER: Gold plated objects have a gold layer chemically bonded to a base layer, gold filled objects have a gold layer bonded mechanically to a base layer Gold Filled [Read More...]