Don't miss out on this offer! Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this gorgeous 24K yellow gold 2-gram ingot from Lambert Cheng. It beautifully displays a Chinese dragon on the front and, on the reverse, "2024, 2 gr, 999.9, FINE GOLD." It's also numbered to 102 on the back, making it a true limited edition piece. In Chinese culture, the dragon holds a significant place as majestic and powerful creature, unparalleled in talent and excellence. It symbolizes power, nobility, honor, luck and success.
Experience pure 24K gold jewelry with Far Eastern flair. Beloved ShopHQ gold expert Lambert Cheng brings us his iconic bamboo link suites, dragon and phoenix designs, jade jewelry and classic chain necklaces. By combining traditional manufacturing processes of gold casting and electroform techniques, Lambert Cheng is able to provide 24K gold jewelry with exquisite detail at an affordable price. 24K Gold with Lambert uses the purest form of gold (99.99% pure).
Yellow Gold
By far the most common color of gold used in jewelry, yellow gold is gold in its natural shade. Yellow gold is usually alloyed with copper and silver to increase the strength of the metal. How yellow the metal is depends upon the content of gold. A 14-karat piece of jewelry will have a brighter yellow hue than a 10-karat piece. Likewise, an 18-karat piece of jewelry will have a deeper yellow than 14-karat gold, and so on.
Gold Karat
Gold's softness and malleability make it a wonderful metal to work with when creating virtually any design in jewelry. But this softness can be a drawback as well. To make it stronger and more durable, gold is usually alloyed, or mixed, with other metals such as copper or silver. The higher a metal's percentage of gold content, the softer and more yellow the jewelry piece. The karat weight system used to measure gold in a piece is the same for all hues, including white and yellow gold.
The word “carat” is Arabic, meaning “bean seed.” This is because historically seeds were used to measure weights of gold and precious stones. In the United States, “karat” with a “k” is used to measure gold's purity, while “carat” with a “c” is used in measuring a gemstone's size. The karat mark of gold represents the percentage of pure gold to alloy.
In order to determine the karat weight of a specific item, simply look for the quality mark. Jewelry items will bear the stamp of their karatage based upon the United States or European system of marking. The United States system designates pieces by their karats—24K, 18K, 14K, 10K, etc. The European system designates pieces by their percentage of gold content. For instance, 10K gold is marked “417,” denoting 41.7% gold; 14K is marked “585,” denoting 58.5% gold; and 18K is marked “750,” denoting 75% gold; etc.