Scrap Gold Rings - An Introduction to Gold Jewellery

Scrap Gold Ring Colours
By mixing pure gold with other metals to form an allow, the colour of the gold ring can be altered. Although yellow gold is the most popular used to make rings, some gold rings are white, rose, purple, green or blue. To get the various colours of gold, the following compositions are used:

• 18kt Yellow Gold: 75% gold, 12.5% silver, 12.5% copper
• 14kt Yellow Gold: 58% gold, 25% silver, 17% copper
• 18kt White Gold: 75% gold, 5% copper, 15% nickel, 5% zinc
• 14kt White Gold: 58% gold, 20% copper, 14.5% nickel, 7.5% zinc
• 18kt Rose Gold: 75% gold, 5% silver, 20% copper
• 14kt Rose Gold: 58% gold, 10% silver, 32% copper

Scrap Gold Ring Styles
In addition to various colours that can be used gold rings come in many different shapes and styles.

Flat wedding bands are the most common style of ring. They are simple to make and consist of a strip of gold which is bent into a loop and then welded where the ends meet.

Half-round rings are very similar to wedding rings. They are made by creating a flat wedding ring and then filing half of the outside down to make a flat surface.

Sleeve rings are made by stacking several rings on top of each other and then soldering them together.

A Solitaire ring is made using a ring of gold and then setting a stone on the top of the ring. It differs from an Eternity ring which has stones set in a row over the top of the ring. They are held in place in a channel or in claws.

A Trinity ring is where there are three individual rings which are interloped around each other so that all three rings are worn at the same time.

A Cluster ring is a ring which holds a set of stones in a cluster on the top of the ring. Often the set of stones consists of one larger centre ring with a number of smaller stone set around the centre stone.

When selling a scrap gold ring, the style of the ring does not impact on the value of the gold. In other words; an old, scratched ring will be worth the same amount as a new modern ring of the same weight and purity.

Grants of Cornwall offer fantastic prices per ounce for scrap gold. To get a quote or request a call-back, simply use the form on the left of the page.

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