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  2. Fineness - Wikipedia

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    For example, a gold alloy of 127 ⁄ 128 fineness (that is, 99.2% purity) could have been described as being 23-karat, 3-grain, 1-quart gold. The carat fractional system is increasingly being complemented or superseded by the millesimal system, described above for bullion, though jewelry generally tends to still use the carat system.

  3. Gold-filled jewelry - Wikipedia

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    This abbreviation is incompatible with FTC guidelines, which require clear labeling of the gold content and fineness (e.g., 1/20 14K GF). [3] Most high quality gold-filled pieces have the same appearance as high carat gold, and gold-filled items, even with daily wear, can last 10 to 30 years though the layer of gold will eventually wear off ...

  4. Colored gold - Wikipedia

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    Colored gold is the name given to any gold that has been treated using techniques ... so all colored golds are less pure than this, commonly 18K (75%), 14K (58.5% ...

  5. GOLD - Wikipedia

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    Gold, a chemical element; Genomes OnLine Database; Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, a NASA Explorer Mission of Opportunity; GOLD (parser), an open-source parser-generator of BNF-based grammars; Graduates of the Last Decade, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers program to garner more university level student members

  6. Pandora (jewelry) - Wikipedia

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    They offer sterling silver, 14k rose gold-plated, 14k gold-plated, and lab-grown diamonds. [23] Pandora uses European ring sizes ranging from 44 to 64. US sizes are from 3 to 10.5 in women's sizes. [24] Earrings: Pandora's earrings are largely studs and hoops. Pandora's earrings are made from sterling silver, 14k gold-plated, and 14k rose gold ...

  7. Gold Castles - Wikipedia

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    Gold Castles is the name of the 14K gold insignia pin handed down from General Douglas MacArthur to his chief engineer Major General Leif J. Sverdrup in 1945, who established a tradition in 1975 that it shall be given to each successive Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

  8. Flex nib - Wikipedia

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    Mabie Todd Swan 14k gold flexible nib. A Flex nib (or flexible nib) is a type of fountain pen nib that can create different line widths. Due to its non-rigid structure, a flex nib allows a writer to control line width by adjusting the pressure of the pen on paper. Increased pressure will cause the two tines of the nib to separate slightly ...

  9. Colloidal gold - Wikipedia

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    Colloidal gold is a sol or colloidal suspension of nanoparticles of gold in a fluid, usually water. [1] The colloid is coloured usually either wine red (for spherical particles less than 100 nm) or blue-purple (for larger spherical particles or nanorods). [2]