Many of the Gold jewelry offered online are not actually real gold jewelry but gold plated jewelry. Real gold jewelry is made of solid gold (meaning that the complete shape is made of gold and not just the surface of it).
The different type of gold used in real gold jewelry
David uses 14K, 18K, 22K and in some cases 24K (pure gold). His real gold jewelry also offered in 14K white gold and 14K rose (red) gold.
14K yellow gold – 58.5% pure gold and the rest – a mix of copper, silver, palladium, and zinc.
18K yellow gold – 75% pure gold and the rest – a mix of copper, silver, palladium, and zinc.
22K yellow gold – 91.67% pure gold and the rest – a mix of copper, silver, palladium, and zinc.
24K yellow gold – 100% pure gold.
14K rose (red) gold – 58.5% pure gold and the rest – mainly copper.
14K white gold – 58.5% pure gold and the rest – mainly silver, and zinc.
Images of different types of real gold jewelry
Testing real gold jewelry
Many jewelry stores have kits to test the gold. From our experience, these kits are not very accurate. The best to test real gold jewelry is in a lab. We use “The standards institution of Israel” (an official government agency) to test our jewelry.