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14K Gold Ankle Bracelets14K gold anklets are often used as an ideal setting for gemstones, or used to hold pendants or charms. This makes the size and strength of a gold chain very important.
Whether you are seeking a diminutive or daring anklet, it is important that your gold chain is as durable as it is beautiful. Just as beautiful as pure 24K gold, 14K gold can be a safer choice for adding a higher level of durability to jewelry chains. The purity of jeweler's gold is measured in karats, which are expressed in units of 24ths. Thus, pure gold is 24-karat or 100 percent gold, 18-karat is 75 percent gold, 14-karat is 58.5 percent gold, and so on. Gold jewelry is priced according to its purity, or karat weight. A karat, or carat, is 1/24th part of pure gold. This pure gold is commonly alloyed with other metals (copper, silver, zinc, nickel) to increase its hardness and decrease its cost. There is no such thing as naturally occurring rose, white or green gold. Gold itself is yellow. All of other "colors" are a mixture of pure 24K yellow gold with various other metals. The percentage of the other metals (copper, silver, zinc, nickel) produces the different shades of gold. Increasing lighter alloys of silver, zinc, nickel and copper will tone down the yellow gold. The resulting 14K white gold contains as much gold as 14K yellow gold but is nearly white in color, though it still carries diminutive yellowish hint. |