How many types of gold do you know? To find out, today I am going to give you a test of a single question: when you think of gold, what color do you visualize it?
I'm sure I'm going to hit: yellow.
Because that's how gold we've always known: gold bars from movies, pirate doubloons, ancestral treasures... El Dorado, the mythical city that all explorers searched for, was called that way for a reason .
And it is that in the collective imagination, gold is always yellow.
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But did you know that there are other varieties? I present them to you below.
>>>By the way, if you want to keep your gold jewelry like the first day, here I explain how to care for them.
3 types of gold that you have to know
In this blog I have already told you about gold on other occasions, and I have told you that it is a soft mineral by nature.
Look at this detail that you have surely seen in many movies: when someone wants to check if a coin or any other piece is gold, they take it to their teeth and bite it.
Because? Because if it is high purity gold, it will surely have a small notch left.
Obviously, we don't want our precious gold jewelry to get marks from use, and for this reason, in jewelry, gold is complemented with other metals that give it hardness without detracting from its quality.
In order for you to know how to distinguish it, you have to know that pure gold is what we call 24 carats (the carat is a unit of measurement used to quantify the purity of metals). Gold bars, for example, are usually 24 carats (99.99% pure).
That is the classic yellow gold.
But in jewelry, 18-carat gold, also called Sterling Gold, is more common. It is 75% pure (the other 25% is a different metal) and is what is normally used in jewelry .
The different alloys allow to give more versatility to the jewels, more hardness and also… more color!
Today I want to talk to you a little more about all those types of gold. And, by the way, if you are already looking for something original to give this Christmas, you may find the ideas you need here.
Keep reading, I'll tell you more...
1. White gold
It is the result of adding white metals to gold. Silver is the most common , but you can also find jewelry with a platinum, palladium, or nickel component.
The result of this type of alloy is a piece with a very attenuated yellow, which can be further blurred by giving it a finish with rhodium, a metal from the platinum family.
This is a technique that is widely used in jewelry. It consists of giving the piece a bath, immersing it in a solution with a quantity of rhodium. What it does is whiten the jewel even more and give it a very elegant finish.
And remember that you can always put a point of color on your hands with these gold rings with precious stones.
2. Rose gold
This effect is achieved with a silver alloy to which copper is added, in variable proportions. Thus, ranges of pink of different intensities can be achieved .
The result is very elegant, you can see it in this Adriana Rose Gold ring , with an 18 kt rose gold finish, and two super-delicate stones, a rose quartz and water chalcedony.
It is a very feminine gold that brings a touch of originality to the designs.
3.black gold
It may be the least known. And it's a shame, because black gold has tremendous strength and enormous potential in jewelry.
Imagine it in your hands: surely it transmits sophistication and exclusivity.
Once again, the dark hue is achieved with an alloy. This time, cobalt. The pieces are usually finished off with a black rhodium plating to accentuate the shine and achieve a perfect finish.
And I have to tell you one more thing: pay close attention to trends, because this vein of colored gold is still underexploited given its potential.
Playing with these three options you can find pieces of authentic fantasy, based on gold with alloys of other metals. What do you say? Would you dare to be one of the first to try?