The jewelry industry in Turkey is one of the most developed in the world. The country is not included in the top list for the extraction of this raw material, but imports it for the production of jewelry intended for sale to tourists. The so-called "Turkish gold" (processed, not mined in this country) is known for lower prices. This is explained by the capabilities of modern technologies, a developed sales market, and sales at estimated prices tied to quotes on the world stock exchange.
Turkish gold has a number of features. First of all, it is yellow, sometimes yellow-lemon. Many because of this shade consider it poor quality. Products from it, as a rule, differ in a very original design. The fantasy of Turkish jewelers is simply amazing. “Drop gold” looks amazing, the jewelry from which represent subtle patterns. Also in Turkey, jewelry is made of pink, blue, white, green, lemon and lilac gold.
Turkish gold is often adorned with precious stones: diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, alexandrites, garnets, topazes, turquoise, onyxes, amethysts and many others. Moreover, products are much cheaper than gold, for example, Russian. So is it worth trusting its quality?
Gold is too soft a metal for jewelry to be made from it without adding impurities. In different countries, the ligature is carried out in its own way: in Russia more copper is added, in Turkey - more silver. Therefore, Russian gold has a reddish hue, and Turkish gold is yellow.
When buying jewelry in specialized stores at an adequate cost, you don’t have to worry about getting a fake. Problems usually arise when purchasing gold in markets at low prices. As a rule, the jewelry offered there is made of 375 gold or gilded silver. You need to understand that high-quality jewelry in Turkey is worth a lot. Therefore, when purchasing a gold product, ask who is its manufacturer, what kind of ligature (additives) is used in production, and do not hesitate to ask the seller to weigh the product in order to know how much you pay per gram.
Turkish gold, the sample of which is determined by the percentage of ligature in it, is measured in a carat system. Pure gold is considered to be 24 carats (99%). The most common sample is 14K (14 parts of gold and 10 parts of additional metals), it corresponds to 585 samples. Products from such an alloy are durable and have quite affordable prices. To be sure that you are buying gold that is worth a genuine test (since there are frequent cases of acquiring fakes that are branded), you need to know what official foreign samples look like.
You can buy Turkish gold at different prices and different quality. According to statistics, approximately 60% of gold products imported to Russia from Turkey contain much less precious metal than they should be, according to the sample. Therefore, you need to approach the choice of location for the purchase of jewelry with a reasonable amount of caution.