Gold-Plated – Jewelry Definition

Gold-plated and gold-filled jewelry is made by coating a less expensive metal with a thin layer of gold.

Gold plating can wear off over time, especially on rings that rub against the finger. It’s usually easy to re-gold plate jewelry.
Gold-filled has more gold content than gold-plated jewelry.

To learn more about gold plating, and to hear a jewelry repair story, check out my blog post:

Gold-Plated Jewelry Explained – How Plating Renews Your Old Jewelry

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Calla Gold is a Personal Jeweler and Author who takes pride in working with clients one-on-one to integrate their personal sense of style and taste into custom designed jewelry and repaired jewelry pieces. Unlike typical Santa Barbara jewelry businesses, Calla Gold has no brick-and-mortar location. Calla Gold comes to you, bringing you the jewelry collection you want to see and collaborating with you to create unique custom jewelry. Calla also works with at-a-distance clients.

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