Pure gold jewelry items are very expensive and its economical value depends on its Karat value. If gold is designed and enhanced by engraving many other precious gemstones with it, then no doubt, it looks more beautiful than before but it gets more costly, then. Gold has always been a precious and renowned metal and is in use from the ancient times. Most of the women love to wear gold in order to get appraised and adorned. Purest represents a symbol of high status and if you are having it then you are regarded and considered as high status, prominent and rich.

Nowadays, pure gold jewelry has become so much expensive that consumers are given other options in the shape of gold plated jewelries which are appealing and reasonably priced. In this article, I am going to discuss the difference between these two forms of gold items which will surely help you in identifying a pure item from the plated one.

24 Karat Gold - Pure Gold Form:

As I have already told you in this article that the value of gold depends on its value in karat. 24 karat is a pure form of gold and as higher the value of karat of gold, the more expensive it is. Pure gold is very soft to handle. So, in order to make it a piece of your jewelry you must have to mix some other metal with it so that it gets hard enough to be worn as a pure gold jewelry item.

Mostly, this jewelry available in stores is of 21 karat and 18 karat. Karat value tells you about the proportion of gold that is mixed with other metal. So, it means that the higher the karat value, the higher is the proportion of gold of jewelry and it becomes more expensive. You can easily find jewelries of 10 and 14 karat in market and these jewelries are also available with some precious stones on it like diamonds and gemstones that make it more expensive.

Gold Plated Pure Gold Jewelry:

It is also known as gold-filled or rolled gold plate. This jewelry is much affordable than the former one and for those people who cannot afford high priced pure gold jewelry items. It has around 10 karat of gold layer on it. It usually used for regular use.

In order to make sure that you have bought a real gold jewelry or not, you can make an acid or electronic gold test by taking it to your jeweler.