How to determine the value of your gold jewelry

Since gold is a kind of soft metal, other metals are mixed with gold to enhance its hardness. Therefore, most of the gold jewelry is made of gold alloy. Maybe you know that gold jewelry is marked by K, such as 10k, 14k, 18k, 24k, and so on. But do you know what it means? Can we determine the value of your gold jewelry according to the mark? Of course we can. Here are some instructions of how to determine the vlaue of gold jewelry.
1. Determine the karat of the gold jewelry, which can be found on the body of the jewelry or on the reference. Karat is shortened into K used in the measurements of gold jewelry, just like carat used in the measurements of diamonds. The higher the karat is, the higher the ratio of gold in the jewelry.
2. Measure the weight of your gold jewelry with a scale. If you don’t have a precise scale, you can go to local jewelry stores for help.
3. Then let’s learn about the meaning of karat. 24k is generally considered to be pure gold. Providing that we divide the gold alloy into 24 parts, 10k means 10 parts of the gold alloy is pure gold, and 14 parts are other metals. In other words, 10k means 41.66 percent of pure gold content. Similarly, 12k means 50 percent of pure gold content; 14k means 58.33 percent of pure gold content; 18k means 75 percent of pure gold content; 24k means 100 percent of pure gold content.
4. At last, multiply the weight of the gold jewelry by the karat of the gold, and you will get the real gold content of the gold jewelry.
Now you have learned how to determine the value of your gold jewelry. Whether you want to buy gold jewelry or sell gold jewelry, it will be very useful and helpful.