When buying gold jewelry such as a ring or chain you have to make the choice of which purity of gold you want your ring to be made of. The poorest relation in the gold jewelry family is 9 carat which is actually less than 40% gold. This fact puts a lot of people off and they decide to spend more money and purchase 18 or 22 carat gold rings. The fact is though that 9 carat gold rings are perfectly acceptable jewelry and have advantages of which price is just one.
Gold is vry soft metal making it easy to shape into jewelry but this means its easy to distort the purer gold jewelry. When you buy 9 carat you get something with more silver and copper in it which means it will be stronger and will be less prone to wear and tear. Combine that with a man-made gemstone and you can gety a durable, beautiful and cheap cubic Zirconia Ring which will provide years of joy without leaving you out of pocket.
