Popular Gold Karats in UAE

Gold is a very soft, malleable metal with high corrosion resistance in its purest form. Therefore, when using it in jewellery, other metals are added to the pure gold to make it harder and add strength. The percentage of added metals to pure gold differs. The more the percentage of added metal is, the less the percentage of pure gold is. As a result, to make it easy to know a specific gold ring how much pure gold it has, we have a karat gold system.

At Al Romaizan, the popular and the most used gold karats are 18k and 21k gold. Both karats hold a good percentage of pure gold of 75- 87.5%, respectively.

Why Does Our Jewellery Come in These Two Karats? 

In order to answer, we need to know the characteristics and advantages of 21k & 18k gold jewellery.

A 21k gold ring means that this ring has 21 pure gold out of 24 karats (as the total number of karats is 24). This means that the percentage of pure gold is high. It is 87.5%. Therefore, 21k gold is preferred and popular in the Middle East and India as it is the closest to pure gold with stronger quality that protects the jewellery to get scratched easily. 

Another important feature is changing the gold colour and maintaining a high percentage of pure gold in the jewellery. For example, if you need to get the rose gold in 21k, we need to increase the percentage of copper in the alloy used. Or, if we need to get the white colour in 21k, we will have to increase palladium’s percentage in the added alloy to get a white/grey colour. These options are limited with higher karat and are impossible for 24k, being the pure gold with 99.9% of gold.

18k gold sets are also popular and favoured due to many reasons. For example, an 18k gold necklace will have 75% pure gold, and the remaining 25% are copper, silver and other different alloys. Being a karat with a considerably high percentage of pure gold and at the same time more resistant to being scratched makes it an excellent option for jewellery making. Adding to this, easily getting different types of gold, such as white gold, rose gold, red gold, etc., is another advantage similar to 21k gold.

However, the most attractive factor to the 18k gold set is its price. It is relatively lower compared to higher karat, and at the same time, it still contains a good presence of pure gold. So, you will buy gold jewellery with a high percentage of pure gold, which makes it less likely to cause allergy or skin rash, and at the same time at reasonable prices compared to higher karat. Usually, everyday jewellery and engagement and wedding rings are 18k gold, as they have high resistance to get ruined or damaged.

As we all know, gold prices in UAE are lower compared to other regions due to the almost absence of taxes. The only tax applicable while buying gold in Abu Dhabi, for example, is VAT, which will be returned to visitors upon departure. Therefore, buying gold in Dubai from a popular gold shop such as Al Romaizan is an unmissable chance as you will be guaranteed pure gold in unique designs at competitive prices. Thus, we invite you to browse our online store to start your unforgettable shopping experience.