White Gold and Rose Gold
What makes white gold white and rose gold red?
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Simply stated, gold is yellow in its pure form. What makes your gold jewelry a different color is the alloys that are mixed with it. Rose gold has copper and silver mixed in. White gold is mixed with palladium, nickel and small amounts of other metals. Since gold is actually yellow, “white” gold will still have a yellowish tinge to it. Therefore it is usually electroplated with Rhodium to make it bright white. This can wear off after a while, leaving the piece with a yellowish look again. The Rhodium treatment can be easily redone by a jeweler.
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Gold Karat Content
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What is meant by “karat content”?
Pure gold is designated as “24 karat”. This means there are 24 parts gold out of a possible 24 parts (100%). Gold jewelry usually is mixed with other metals, called alloys, which lowers the actual gold content in the piece and makes it harder. You will normally see a marking on the item somewhere which indicates the amount of gold in the piece, such as 10k, 14k or 18k. The jewelry could also be marked with a number, such as 417, 585, or 750. Read more 
Pyrite – Fools Gold
Fools gold, pyrite, looks great in any mineral collection. Here we look at 3 types of pyrite. Besides our real gold nuggets, we have a large selection of golden iron pyrites. If your looking to add to a collection, or for a REAL unique gift, visit our gold nugget prospecting website
Gold ETFs
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The big story here was the huge increase in the popularity of gold exchange-traded funds. Gold ETFs, like all ETFs, are similar to mutual funds but bought and sold like stocks. They allow investors to quickly and painlessly diversify into gold without the transaction costs and storage expenses associated with holding physical bullion or coins.
Overall, the assets of gold ETFs increased 84% in 2009 as investors sought protection from a falling U.S. dollar and economic uncertainty.
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Gold Ore – Gold – Gold nuggets – Gold prospecting
Gold ore information video. The quartz you see by old gold mines may have some gold running through it. Our site California gold rush miner, has a large selection of gold nuggets, gold specimens, silver nuggets, copper nuggets and pocket gram scales,large natural copper nuggets and pyrite.
