GOLD PURITY EXPLAINED

The Precious Metal recycling Co will buy your unwanted or broken Gold jewellery items according to their purity and gram weigh.

Gold Purity

The purity of gold is measured by 'carats'. One carat is one twenty-fourth purity by weight. Therefore, 24 carat gold is defined as pure gold or fine gold ( 99.99% pure) ,18 carat gold is 75% purity, 9 carat gold is 37.5% purity and so on.

The Carat value of Gold is an INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARD OF PURITY.

The most common carats ,or purities, used for gold jewellery are :

24 carat...purity 999.9/1000

22 carat...purity 916/1000

20 carat....purity833/1000

18 carat....purity 750/1000

15 carat ...purity 625/1000

14 carat....purity 585/1000

10 carat....purity 417/1000

9 carat ....purity 375/1000