Is 22 Karat Gold at jewellery stores real gold?

in #gold8 years ago




Sorry for short question, expecting a quick answer.Our local newspapers are #advertising 22 Karat #gold jewellery for sale at selected outlets here in Australia. I've never heard of #misleading or mis-spelt offer contracts in apparently reputable local newspapers from reputable jewellers. Is this a #news thing or is 'Karat' some form of new age #metric measurement to remove grams and ounces from the face of the earth?

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Karat is a very old unit of purity stating "percentage of pure gold", 24 karat being 100%. For diamonds, etc. carat is a unit of weight (0.2 grams).