If the metal is "white" that is, silver colored, then it could either be platinum, (although i usually see 980 in most platinum) or some type of close-to-fine silver.(the stamp for sterling is always 925) or maybe even some kind of palladium.
if the metal is "yellow" then i don`t know...
traditionally, jewelry grade karat gold translates like this;
750=18 karat
585=14 karat
417=10 karat
the three digit number is the percentage of actual pure gold present in the metal, eg.
750= 75% pure gold in 18k (the rest is alloy)
so.. if the metal is very yellow, it could be some type of highly refined 22 or 24k.
24 carat gold is 100 % gold; 23 carat gold is 95,833 % gold.
916kdm gold is 24 carat gold
In general, 24 carat gold is considered pure gold (99.9999% or so). That means that 18 carat gold is 75% gold, and 12 carat gold is 50% gold. At this rate, 23 carat gold is 95.8333% pure gold.
12 carat gold is half of 24 carat gold, which is considered "pure gold"...so 12 carat gold is 50% real gold
18 carat gold
Pure gold is 24 carat (100%) 80% gold is 19,2 carat
different materials are mixed with the gold 18 carat is 75 percent gold
24-carat gold is 99.9% gold
A carat has different meanings in different contexts.As a unit of mass for precious stones, a carat is 1/5 of a gram.As a unit of purity on gold and other valuable metals, carat means a fraction with a denominator of 24. Thus, 24-carat gold is pure gold, 12-carat gold has 50% gold, etc.A carat has different meanings in different contexts. As a unit of mass for precious stones, a carat is 1/5 of a gram.As a unit of purity on gold and other valuable metals, carat means a fraction with a denominator of 24. Thus, 24-carat gold is pure gold, 12-carat gold has 50% gold, etc.A carat has different meanings in different contexts. As a unit of mass for precious stones, a carat is 1/5 of a gram.As a unit of purity on gold and other valuable metals, carat means a fraction with a denominator of 24. Thus, 24-carat gold is pure gold, 12-carat gold has 50% gold, etc.A carat has different meanings in different contexts. As a unit of mass for precious stones, a carat is 1/5 of a gram.As a unit of purity on gold and other valuable metals, carat means a fraction with a denominator of 24. Thus, 24-carat gold is pure gold, 12-carat gold has 50% gold, etc.
975
24 carat gold is 100% gold. Thus, 22 carat gold is 22/24 gold, or 91.6667% pure gold.
What is a 22 carat gold coin wei of 39 grams worth