What is red gold? Properties, composition, sample and price per gram of red gold

Decorate your body with various accessories peopleloved always. If many years ago beads, chains, bracelets, rings and earrings were worn primarily as religious amulets and talismans, now it is part of fashion. Time changes tastes and preferences. Organic natural materials, widely used in jewelry, harmoniously coexist with laboratory developments. However, the precious value for people, like many years ago, is precious metals. One of them is the gold of gold. Particularly popular products from such material were received on the territory of modern Russia. Reasonable question: "What is the difference between this kind of metal and the whole group, united under the name" gold "?" Let's figure it out.

Metric and carat systems

It is worth starting with the fact that there are four variants in the whole world, according to which the sample of gold is differentiated. However, the most common and most used are two: carat and metric.

The first system has gained wide popularity incountries of Europe, some Asian states and in the USA. The principle of determining the sample of precious metal is as follows. The entire volume of material is divided into 24 parts. Depending on the proportion of the content in the product of gold, he is given a carat. If the product engraved "14K", this means that of the 24 parts of the product, 14 is gold. The rest is an additional alloy. Or, as it is called by jewelers, ligature. In this system, the product can have one of five samples, starting with the content of the nine parts of gold in the alloy and ending with pure 100% precious metal. Also items of jewelry art can have samples of ten, fourteen and eighteen carats.

In Russia, the metric system is common. That is, the jewelers calculate the gold content in one kilogram of the alloy. Let us illustrate the example of a 750-sample product. Based on the calculation system, in this case, a kilogram of alloy will contain 250 grams of ligature. The rest is in the precious metal. There are 6 metric samples, the highest of which is 999 test. In order of decreasing, 950, 750, 585, 500 and 375 brands are allocated. At present, alloys with a different content of ligature and precious metal are becoming more common.

Polish "red zloty"

An experienced jeweler by eye can determine where in thewhat country was produced this or that product. And it's not the gold itself. The precious material is absolutely the same everywhere. However, many years ago in the territory of modern Poland, the term "red-headed zloty" was widely used, which meant "red-hot red". And it is true. If the pure gold is heated to a certain temperature, it begins to oxidize and slightly changes its color - it becomes reddish. For a long time, it was on this principle that ordinary people determined the quality of metal. Hence the name "gold of gold", which denotes the material of the highest quality.

Copper as ligature

However, our Old Russian craftsmen stillsought at least a little, but to deceive the client. Therefore, to create the reddish color required by the buyer, they began to add copper. In its properties, this ligature has a reddish hue, which it willingly "shares" with the base metal. Over time, people began to use the name "red gold" as a characteristic of the product with a small admixture of copper.

Worms and precious metals - what's the connection?

The history of Russia also has its own answer toThe question is what is the gold of gold. Several centuries ago, red worms were widely used in Russia. They were used to obtain an organic dark color. At the same time, the same term was used to "draw", that is, to paint in red. With the passage of time this concept has undergone changes and only the concept of "red heart" has come down to us.

In the territory of Ancient Rus as a meanspayment was widely used coins. One of them was a chervonetz. At the same time, it was made of gold of the highest standard. To find out if the coin is a fake, it was heated. If there were ligatures in the mixture, the roundwood darkened. And if it was the highest sample, the color became only slightly reddish. Therefore, to characterize gold of better quality, people began to use the term "red gold", that is, genuine, original, without impurities, precious metal. At present, this name is used mostly only in everyday life.

Sample of red metal

Virtually all masters of jewelry inRussia is adding copper to the alloy of gold. In this case, for products of the highest quality, the content of the ligature is limited by the framework. In the total volume should not be more than 10% of the secondary metal. And only then can we say that such an alloy is gold of gold. A sample of a product from this material can not be less than 916th. An interesting point is that in its pure form this precious metal is very soft. A small ring, earrings or other other piece of jewelry work, having a 999 sample, will be slightly or strongly deformed. In order to prevent changes in the shape of products, without affecting the integrity and purity of the alloy, the craftsmen are forced to increase the mass of the material used, which in turn affects the weight of the finished object. So, the usual engagement ring, made of real 999 gold, can weigh 8 or more grams. In order to reduce the consumption of precious material and reduce the cost of the product, jewelers use impurities.

Question price

Wishing to become the owner of a product from the puremetal will have to face contradictory answers to the question: "How much is the gold of gold?" And the point here is this. The World Bank has gold and foreign exchange reserves. Every day, stock exchanges conduct trading, where the sale and purchase of cash, securities and precious metals. Depending on the demand and supply, the final prices for the unit of each world currency, gram of gold, silver, platinum, etc. are set. This process is carried out daily. Thus, if today the price per gram of gold is set at 1500 rubles, then tomorrow it may be lower. Or higher. It all depends on the exchange rate. Price per gram of gold is also influenced by this parameter. And, of course, it depends on the sample of the alloy: the higher the content of precious metal in the total volume, the greater its cost.