When buying Gold Pendants you may Purchase 24 kt, 18 kt, 14 kt or 10 kt Gold in the U.S.A.
Other countries also allow 9 & 7 kt Gold to be sold.
The Purest of gold is 24 kt. when you add other metal alloys such as copper, silver or palladium the hardness of the gold is increased. So the 24kt gold will be softest and then 10kt the strongest due to other metal added to the gold.
24K is pure gold
18k gold is 75 % gold and stamped hallmark 18k or 750
14 k is 58.3% gold and stamped hallmark 14k or 585
10 k gold is 41.60%and stamped hallmark 10k or 417
9 k gold is 37.5%and stamped hallmark 9K or 375
Hallmark stamped k or kt is same.
Sometimes there is not much room to leave hallmark so k is more often used.
Gold Nugget pendants have always been popular Jewelery item for value buyers
Gold nugget pendants from Bendigo district in Victoria Australia
The Bale is in 9 k Gold and has a matt scratch finish to blend in with the natural gold nugget
Gold Nugget jewellery has been popular as each piece nugget is unique in shape and appearance
Gold Nuggets from Bendigo is very pure, average 95- 98%
Many people collect gold nuggets as pendants as some think if gold is ever confiscated it will not include nugget Jewelery, even in WW11 the Japanese had to surrender their gold for the war effort but not jewelry a s gold nuggets.
. Ask questions of your vendor if you do not see all information provided before you bid on a gold pendant item. You should be able to read the description provided by your seller / vendor on one of these site, they will tell you the caratage 'kt' content, possibly the weight of the gold, the size if applicable, and any gemstones already set in the Gold.
The cost of Gold is still rising today, at a all time high, All the vendors on the site your visiting now offer wholesale prices but what you don't know is many of them have not raised their prices for 1 - 4 or even more years!! So you are very likely to get a piece of gold jewelry at a Old Gold Price and not even know it
