Gold Properties

Considered since ancient times as the symbol of wealth, it is the most ductile and malleable metal and one of the most used in jewelry.

Due to its extraordinary characteristics, gold has been used for many centuries as a means of commercial exchange, that is why they minted the first coins that by means of incisions indicated their exact weight of the total metal obtained, 50% is used for jewelry, then , 40% is destined to reserves and investments and the remaining 10% is for industrial use.

The so-called 24 K gold is the purest, it is used for reserves. Ingots made from pure gold were and are used to value the wealth of a nation. For many years the Gold Standard was used to value circulating money.

18K Gold is used in jewelry, it is an alloy of pure gold with different metals, which depending on the metal and its percentage, takes different colors. The composition is always 75% pure gold and 25% alloy.

• Gold Composition:
• • Red Gold: 75% pure gold, 20% copper, 5% silver.
• • Yellow Gold: 75% pure gold, 12,5% silver, 12,5% copper.
• • Rose Gold: 75% pure gold, 15% copper, 10% silver.
• • Green Gold: 75% pure gold, 25% silver.
• • Blue Gold: 75% pure gold, 25% iron.
• • White Gold: 75% pure gold, 25% palladium.