Is 14kt gold better than 9kt?

Question

is 14kt white gold as good as 9kt white gold ,and why cant we buy 14kt gold in our shops? where does it come from

Answer 1

14kt contains more gold than 9kt, but can also be a little softer.......it is more commonly found in continental Europe than here in the United Kingdom.

Answer 2

LOL, white gold is NOT yellow gold with a rhodium plating. White gold is created by adding different alloy metals to give that color. With yellow gold, the alloys could be copper, silver or zinc. With white gold, the alloys could be nickel, palladium, copper, or zinc.

Now, to answer your question. It depends on what you mean by "better". Costwise, 14kt is going to be better (more expensive) because there is more gold and less alloy in the jewelry. Colorwise, once again the 14kt is going to have a shinier luster, once again due to more gold. But whether 14kt or 9kt is better for you depends on how hard you are on your jewelry. If you work with your hands, and wear your jewelry pretty regularly, you could run the risk of scratching and bending your 14kt jewelry, so you might want to consider 9kt in that case.

Also, it is key to note there are laws in place concerning gold alloys and karat weights. For example, in the US no alloy with a gold content less than 10kt can be sold as "karat gold". Granted, the item can still be sold, but it cannot carry the "gold" name. These laws do vary from country to country. In Germany, the limit is 8kt, and it is 9kt in Britain.

As for why you can't find 14kt where you are, it might be the cost. Since there is less gold in 9kt, it is less expensive to make jewelry that way.

Answer 3

For gold, karat grade is used to express the proportion of gold in an alloy or the quality of a gold alloy. Fine gold (pure) is 24 karat.

All jewelry is required by law to be stamped so consumers will know the quality of gold used. Jewelry made in North America is typically marked with the karat grade (10K, 14K, etc.), and jewelry made in Italy is typically marked with the "fineness" such as (417, 583, etc.). So if your jewelry does not have a karat grade stamped on it, check for a 3-digit fineness number.

The higher/greater the karat (number), the more purity and better quality of the gold. Gold usually is listed as 10k, 14k, 18k, or 24k (or in "fineness" it would be 417, 583, 750, and 917, respectively) -- 10k having the least percentage of gold and 24k the most (or in "fineness" 417 the least and 917 the greatest, also respectively). So, you can figure the value of a 10k piece is far less than that of a 24k piece.

As to "white" gold... well, there really is no such thing as "white gold." All metals exist in nature as various shades of grey with the exception of gold and copper. To produce a desired color, such as "white gold", a combination of various metallic elements are used in varying proportions.

White gold is an alloy containing gold of course (which is yellow), along with nickel, palladium and other whiter metals to make the alloy appear white. However, since there is gold in the alloy it will always appear "yellowish."

It, therefore, goes without saying, the more gold in the alloy, the more yellowish it will appear. The karat grade indicates the amount of gold in the alloy. So, if 18K is 75% pure gold, then this only leaves 25% of the alloy for other metals (like nickel) to make it whiter. This is why 18K white gold is more yellowish than 14K white gold, and so on.

So, when you're "going for the Gold", make sure you're going for the big one! Hope this helped.

Answer 4

All my gold is 14kt,I buy all my jewellery from Turkey when I go on holiday.

I have some gorgeous pieces from there,ive had it valued when I get back to the UK and it worth over half again of what I pay for it.

Answer 5

Yes platinum lasts longer and is more expensive because of that. Also white gold some people can be allergic to it. Platinum is less likely to cause any type of allergic reaction to people. Platinum is rare, there are more crappy jewelers out there selling bad white gold jewelery but not many inexperienced jewelers mess around with platinum. My ring is platinum and I would settle for no less. DO a yahoo search type in white gold vs. platinum and some good sites should come up with that heading.

Answer 6

I don't know about better.
The higher the Kt the purer the gold, the more 'yellow' the gold looks.
Most gold that you can buy in England is either 9Kt or 18Kt.
BTW white gold is merely ordinary gold with a rhodium plating over the top of it.

Answer 7

14 kt is purer than 9kt but not as strong. i have a 14kt ring that i got in Turkey.

Answer 8

yes 14kt is more than 9kt, probably because it's so expensive it will take up stock so it will only be ordered on demand

Answer 9

umm the bigger the number of kt the more value of the gold it just means it has alot more gold in it than aother substances and they probabyly dont sell the higher gold because it can be like to soft and u can diment the shape its suppose to be in.

Answer 10

is 2 more than 1 if so then yes !