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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1329787, member: 22143&quot;]Jewelry is almost never pure gold.&nbsp; The metal is simply too soft for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s always alloyed with other metal to toughen it up just like they did with circulating coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Typically jewelry ranges from 10 karat to 18 karat which is 41% to 75% gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; You will never find such a thing as a 24 karat (100%) pure gold wedding ring because a ring is subject to a lot of abuse and it simply would not hold up.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Typically the gold is alloyed with copper, silver, nickel, platinum or the choice of which determines the final color.&nbsp; &quot;White Gold&quot;, which was incorrectly characterized as backwards/worthless, (how silly) is the name given to gold that has been alloyed with any metal from one of the white metals. (nickel, palladium, silver, platinum, etc)&nbsp; There is no difference between white gold and any other gold alloy used for jewelry except the color and cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>A white gold piece of jewelry could be 90% gold and 10% nickel.&nbsp; Hardly, worthless junk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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