18kt Yellow Gold from New Zealand
We only use 18kt gold, from New Zealand in our engagement rings, diamond rings, and wedding bands. 18kt is the highest grade gold suitable for making rings, 24kt is too soft.
What is kt or karat
The designation kt refers to karat and is a measure of purity in units of 1/24. Therefore 24kt is pure gold, and 18 is 18/24 or 75%, the remainder being silver and a little copper. 18kt is mixed with silver and a little copper to make it hard enough, whilst retaining the wonderful lustrous glow that yellow gold has.
Yellow Gold Ring - White Gold Settings
On a number of our rings we have a yellow gold ring shank and a white gold setting. The white gold used in the setting is 18kt white gold.
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| Fabulous Elena Diamond Ring in 18kt Yellow Gold with 18kt White Gold setting |
Fiorella engagement ring with 18kt yellow gold ring shank and 18kt white gold setting |
Yellow Gold Rings
Many of our rings are made entirely from 18kt Yellow Gold (and diamond of course).
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| The Maia engagement ring made entirely from 18kt yellow gold |
The embrace engagement ring made entirely from 18kt yellow gold |
Caring For Your Gold Ring
The following are useful things to note when caring for your ring.
- Clean it regularly. Exactly how often you clean your ring will be dependent upon your lifestyle.
- Clean using a professional jewellery cleaning solution, which you will find in most supermarkets. These are very effective and can be re-used a few times.
- Clean using a polishing cloth for precious metals. These are often impregnated with a cleaning solution so, when rubbed over your ring, will give it a good shine. Try to use a micro-fibre cloth, so that fibres don’t get snagged on the stone settings giving you a fluffy ring!
- Take your ring to a local jeweller to be professionally cleaned and polished – as well as cleaning, a jeweller can buff out out scratches on the gold or platinum. This may be necessary once every year or so.
- When you take your ring off for long periods of time, keeping it in a sealed plastic bag will reduce any oxidisation of the metal.
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