Gold and Silver Engagement Rings

People are very fond of gold and they merely think of any other metal to be used for their jewelery. Girls and women go for gold on their wedding and engagement. They make different articles like rings pendants, bangles and earrings of gold with diamond and other stunning gemstones. The best quality of gold is that unlike other metals gold does not change its color moreover it does not rust or gets fade. People go for gold engagement rings to prevent their special rings from getting discolored or tarnished.

Gold rings are ideal for engagements and weddings as they are asset for the bride-to-be. You can have 10k, 14k, 22k or 24k gold for your engagement rings. The karats show how pure is the gold. 24k gold is the purest of all and is 100% pure. Pure gold is very soft and so it's hard to make jewelery articles from pure gold. To overcome this problem gold is mixed with other metals to make it impure.

These metals include; copper, nickel, zinc and silver and they are used to create these alloys. Impure gold is not of inferior quality rather mostly impure gold is used to make jewelery. 22k gold means that 22 parts are pure and other are alloy. The purity of gold ranges from 1 to 24. The 18k gold is also used to make beautiful designs of jewelery and 14 k gold is considered to be ideal for engagement rings and other articles as it is strong and most of the bands and rings are made of 14 k. 14k mean 14 parts of gold and other alloys. The least pure gold is 10k gold which makes it less expensive.