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 With the time of high technology and more advanced designers
and masters of precious metals, we face lately a plenty of shades of gold. In
spite of the black, green, purple or the blue precious metal, the preliminary
color was splendid yellow. Red gold is still demanded in Russia, though, which
is acquired when some copper is added to the gold in process of alloying. As
earlier, the fascinating jewelry is made from red gold which are authentic
masterpieces.
Pure gold
It is interesting that the techniques to check the purity of
gold differ from nation to nation. In some countries gold was bitten,
scratched, pressed and burnt since the gold is too soft metal. The nugget is usually checked in Russia in the
other way, by heating and then the pure gold gives the reddish shade. When
creating jewelry from the pure red metal one should consider that it is too
supple, it is easily deformed, rubbed and thus, the ancient jewelry was solid
and massive.
The wedding rings popular in ancient Russia weighed
approximately 8 grams
whereas currently 2 to 3
grams of gold goes for the classic wedding rings. The
carat system is ever more being complemented by the millesimal fineness system
in which the purity of precious metals is rated by parts per thousand of pure
metal in the alloy. A little bit later the red gold of high purity (by the
millesimal fineness system the purity of the gold is 916th to 986th standard or
22 carat or 24 carat) was called pure since the authentic coins were made from
it.
Trying to deceive the customers and getting more profit, the
jewelers added copper to the gold, thus, acquiring the familiar red tint. And
due to this alloy the precious metal was made harder and today all women enjoy
golden delicate jewelry and accessories. When in 1927 the metric system was
established and basic probes were made, copper and other metals became the
customary additives to the gold though in the amount allowed by the government.
And thus the standards 375th, 500th, 583rd, 585th, 750th, 958th, 996th and 999th
were adopted in Russia. The gold was considered red if the purity was checked
to be up to the 585th.
Red gold in the present times
When the red gold became popular in Russia, it seized the
imagination of the Turkish jewelers who tried to achieve the same result.
Without the additional skills and knowledge, they managed to get the metal with
some pink tint and only later they could get the red gold. The red gold is
considered to be of low quality in Europe and some jewelers believe that it is
not pure enough to the jewelry worth wearing. Second, it does not go well with
the precious stones and third, the higher concentration of copper spoils the
rich yellow color of the gold. Though they have to admit that the red gold is
good to wear for every occasion and every day. It is durable and solid unlike
the Italian gold, so, the yellow metal is for holidays, and red gold jewelry is
for every day use.
The Russian jewelers enjoy using red gold in their works
creating the fantastic masterpieces from the red gold alone and with some other
tints. The base is the red gold, though. And red gold at the moment is the most
popular and affordable precious metal in Russia.
Jewelry
Copper makes the gold more solid, hard and durable and the
laced jewelry is easy to make from red gold tan from yellow. And such jewelry
is really durable. Some jewelers tried to master their skills creating the
wonderful blend of laced red gold with precious stones. The elegant delicate
works of jewelers are created with the fashionable design and style, and
sometimes he works and talent of the reputed ancient masters who made their
works at the reign of Peter I like K. Bolin, P. Ovchinnikov, I. Khlebnikov are
taken as the base for jewelry.
Till up to date, people can enjoy the jewelry from red gold
made in the pre-revolution Russia. The first works were marked with particular
sign of famous masters, while the jewelry made within the Soviet Union reign,
show the start by the purity rate symbol. Nevertheless, the modern jewelers never
yield to those who lived and created masterpieces in past times and some of
their amazing works are found at the Diamond Fund of the Moscow Kremlin.
Gold is valued because of its worldwide acceptance as
currency. It offers stability as a store of value in any economic climate and
is particularly important as a hedge in times of inflation and market
instability.
Checking the purity of gold is essential to making sound purchasing decisions
and requires some knowledge of the metal if you do not feel like purchasing the
fake for the fortune.
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