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24K gold is pure gold. Pure gold is very soft, and can bend or scratch easily. So they mix it with other metals to make it harder and more durable.

Higher amounts of other metals lowers the karate value. So 14K gold has more gold than 10K gold. 14K gold is also softer than 10K gold, but harder than pure gold.

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