14K gold is 58.3% pure — 14 parts gold in 24, with the rest made up of alloy metals for hardness and colour. It is the most common gold used in jewellery sold in the United States.
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A 14K stamp means 14 parts in 24 are gold, which is 58.3%. So ten grams of 14K jewellery contains 5.83 grams of pure gold, and that is the only part a refiner pays for.
This is why 14K pieces feel like a poor return when sold as scrap. The price you paid at retail included manufacturing, retail margin and often a stone; the scrap price includes none of it.
Check the stamp before you weigh. 14K may be marked 14K, 585, or 0.585 depending on where it was made. A piece marked GF or HGE is gold filled or gold plated, and has almost no melt value at all — the gold in it is measured in microns rather than grams.
Weight is where mistakes happen. Clasps and jump rings are often a lower karat than the chain they are attached to, and spring rings are frequently steel. On a light chain that difference is small; across a box of forty pieces it is not, and a buyer paying by total weight will have accounted for it even if you have not.
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Get MyGoldWorthIt is 58.3% of the current price of pure gold per gram. Use the calculator above with the live spot price to get the exact figure for today.
Yes. European hallmarks state purity as parts per thousand, so 585 means 58.5% pure, which is the same standard as 14K.
Yes. It is 58.3% gold by weight, alloyed with metals like copper and silver. Anything stamped GF, GP or HGE is not — those are plated and carry a negligible amount of gold.