The jewelry that Luna Nuovaproposes is rigorously produced using only 18karat gold, as dictated by the best Italian jewelry-making tradition.
In the Jewelry industry, gold is usually alloyed with other metals, mainlysilver and copper, in order to make it harder: gold, as a matter of fact isnot a very hard metal, and it can be dented or scratched relatively easily.
The gold content of an alloy is expressed in thousands or in karats (pure goldis defined as 24 karat gold): therefore 18 karat gold is an alloy in whichthe pure gold is 750 thousandths of the total.
In the Jewelry industry, gold is usually alloyed with other metals, mainlysilver and copper, in order to make it harder: gold, as a matter of fact isnot a very hard metal, and it can be dented or scratched relatively easily.
The gold content of an alloy is expressed in thousands or in karats (pure goldis defined as 24 karat gold): therefore 18 karat gold is an alloy in whichthe pure gold is 750 thousandths of the total.
1,000 24 916 22 750 18 583.314 417.710 375 9 333.3 8
18 karat gold is a perfect solution for the creation of beautiful jewelry. Itallows the artisan to create complex and delicate designs, and as it is lessrigid than alloys with a smaller gold content it is less subject to cracks.
The difference in shininess between 18 karat gold, and alloys with less goldcontent is evident, and it is very difficult to imitate the luminous,seductive color of 18 karat gold jewelry with alloys with containing smallerquantities of gold.
18 karat gold has the right combination of hardness and malleability andallows the artisan to create jewelry while maintaining all of the color andbeauty of gold.
