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AgAu Antiques & Jewellery offer an extensive range of both 9ct and 18ct Yellow and White Gold, and Platinum jewellery, ranging from the 1890's thought to the 1980's in a wide range of styles - old and new - at competitive prices, which are not readily available in high street shops.
Each piece of jewellery is carefully examined then catalogued and photographed by our specialist photographers.
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About usAgAu Antiques and Jewellery we are passionate about customer satisfaction. Our aim is to fulfil our customers' needs, ensuring they are completely happy.
AgAu Antiques and Jewellery have helped hundreds of customers who are in need of a gift at short notice, posting all our luxury jewellery with free insured & fully tracked delivery. Our items are packaged discreetly and delivered by Royal Mail Special Delivery service. AgAu Antiques and Jewellery are based in Leyburn, North Yorkshire and ship worldwide offering a 'NO QUESTIONS ASKED' 14 day return policy on all our items as standard. |
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ONLINE JEWELLERY EXPERTS
AuAg Antiques & Jewellery has an unrivalled experience in delivering jewellery excellence. We have forged unique relationships with diamond and gemstone dealers globally, which affords us the opportunity to bring not only the best quality diamonds and gems to you at very competitive prices, but also quality and value assurance is always guaranteed.
Selecting your jewellery requires some very careful guidance, something we provide as standard.
Selecting your jewellery requires some very careful guidance, something we provide as standard.
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Carat
Diamonds are sold by the carat (shown as ct.), which is actually a unit of weight, though most think of a carat in terms of size. The word “carat” comes from the “carob” seed, the original unit of measure for diamond traders. Cut The cut of a diamond is often considered to be the most important attribute. Even diamonds with perfect colour and clarity can lose brilliance if cut poorly. A well proportioned diamond will have each facet properly placed and angled so as to maximize the amount of light that reflects back out of the crown (top) of the diamond, to the eye of the observer. This reflected light is perceived as fire and brilliance. Clarity Diamonds are formed deep within the earth under extreme heat and pressure. Virtually all diamonds contain “birthmarks”; small imperfections inside the diamond called inclusions. Clarity refers to the degree to which these imperfections are present. Diamonds which contain numerous or significant inclusions or blemishes have less brilliance because the flaws interfere with the path of light through the diamond.The scale of diamond clarity runs from FL Flawless to I3 inclusions visible to the naked eye. |
Gold History and Purity
The chemical symbol of gold is ‘au’ from the Latin aurum, which means shining dawn. Gold has been mined since before 4000 BC. There are many different countries that have produced high levels of gold. Gold has always been and still is a rare metal. Pure gold 24ct is a very soft metal and not ideal for jewellery, Gold is therefore normally alloyed with other metals such as zinc, nickel, silver and copper to add hardness. The purity of gold is measured in carats which measures the gold content as part of 1000, with 24ct gold being 100% pure, 18ct gold 75% pure, 14ct gold 58.3% pure and 9ct gold 37.5% pure. Yellow Gold Yellow gold is a very inert metal and this means that it won’t tarnish (i.e. react with the atmosphere) like silver, and therefore maintains its wonderful yellow colour. Gold is mined in South Africa and the United States. This relates to the exquisite and uniquely warm, yellow glow radiated by gold – an attribute that has helped make it the most desirable precious metal ever known to man. White Gold White gold has all the same properties as yellow gold but has been carefully alloyed with a mix of naturally white metals like palladium to give it a stunning white sheen. |
