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Shiny_Rock
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I''m Chinese-Canadian and have been hearing this from a couple of Chinese people. I assume it''s something that HK jewellers like to tell their customers.
I can believe gold might be cheaper there, but better? They imply that western gold is less pure, or inferior. This strikes me as a deceit (or is it not a deceit, if you actually believe it). Is 18k not 18k everywhere? and the same for 14k and 24k? The percentage of pure gold should be the same, right? I''m thinking the other metal(s) you mix with the gold, could vary, but the amount of gold is the same. 18k = 75% gold, 14k 50% gold, I thought?
A girl showed me her wedding band and said she supplied the gold from China to the jeweller. She stated the gold was 99% pure? Does that mean 99% pure gold, or 99% pure 18k gold? The ring didn''t look really yellow like I know 24k or pure gold jewelry normally looks like. I would think that 24k would be considered to soft for a wedding ring. When I asked her whether the jeweller mixed/alloyed her gold with something (because it wasn''t really really yellow), she was a little taken aback and stated, no, it''s 99% gold. The ring didn''t seem soft enough or yellow enough for "pure" gold. I''m surprised she didn''t understand this concept, but I guess this lack of knowledge is what some are trying to take advantage of.
I''m thinking this "our gold is more pure" is a line that asian jewellers are using, and the Chinese people I know just keep passing this story along. The passers of this story seem to get offended if you show some skepticism.
Z.
I can believe gold might be cheaper there, but better? They imply that western gold is less pure, or inferior. This strikes me as a deceit (or is it not a deceit, if you actually believe it). Is 18k not 18k everywhere? and the same for 14k and 24k? The percentage of pure gold should be the same, right? I''m thinking the other metal(s) you mix with the gold, could vary, but the amount of gold is the same. 18k = 75% gold, 14k 50% gold, I thought?
A girl showed me her wedding band and said she supplied the gold from China to the jeweller. She stated the gold was 99% pure? Does that mean 99% pure gold, or 99% pure 18k gold? The ring didn''t look really yellow like I know 24k or pure gold jewelry normally looks like. I would think that 24k would be considered to soft for a wedding ring. When I asked her whether the jeweller mixed/alloyed her gold with something (because it wasn''t really really yellow), she was a little taken aback and stated, no, it''s 99% gold. The ring didn''t seem soft enough or yellow enough for "pure" gold. I''m surprised she didn''t understand this concept, but I guess this lack of knowledge is what some are trying to take advantage of.
I''m thinking this "our gold is more pure" is a line that asian jewellers are using, and the Chinese people I know just keep passing this story along. The passers of this story seem to get offended if you show some skepticism.
Z.