Gold has always been the preferable material when it comes to wedding bands and engagement rings. It is undoubtedly put into various shapes, shades, and different styles. However, it is important to know about the material before purchasing your wedding bands.
Your wedding band is a piece of jewelry that you'll wear throughout your life, so one must know about the purity of the material that he or she is actually buying. The purity of gold is measured in “karats”, it is, in fact, the amount of gold present in a piece of jewelry. For every karat of gold, there is 4.167% of gold present in the item.
Pure gold is very soft & can't be solely used for the purpose of jewelry making, that's why different materials are added to make an alloy for 8mm wedding band.
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