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Yes, we do buy gold teeth, but only if they have already been removed from the person’s mouth! Gold is still widely used in dentistry primarily because of it’s bio compatible nature.  Gold is a metal that does not expand or contract significantly with hot and cold, it does not corrode, it does not react [...]

Gold is so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since the beginning of recorded history. Gold has been discovered on every continent on earth. Gold can conduct both heat and electricity and it never rusts. Due to its high value, most gold discovered throughout history is [...]

This question comes up frequently, at parties and at online Q&A sites.  The answer is simple: absolutely not.  Karat for karat white gold and yellow gold have exactly the same gold content and therefore exactly the same value. To understand fully it is useful to know what makes white gold white.  To begin, there is [...]

In European countries and in many other places, most jewellery manufacturers use a decimal system to express the purity of a piece of karat gold jewellery.  In North America and Britain, they mostly use the karat system.  Both systems represent the purity of the gold alloy used in making the jewellery.  The “karat mark” expresses [...]

These are three of the least understood and most abused terms in the gold business! “Karat Gold” is pure gold (24 karat gold) that has been “diluted” with other metals (base metals) to form an alloy that is cheaper, more ductile, a different colour and more durable than pure gold. See the separate article on [...]

A term we are often asked about, and that is misunderstood even by many jewellers, is “karat gold”.  Also see the separate article on the differences between Karat Gold, Gold Filled and Gold Plate. The first thing to understand is that all gold, in pure form, is identical. Gold is an element and it doesn’t [...]

How we evaluate a price: We are often asked to explain the process we use to arrive at an evaluation. Here are the basic steps any professional evaluator should follow before naming a price for a piece of jewellery: 1. Make a visual inspection: An experienced evaluator will form a “first impression” by the general [...]