(1) A lower karat number indicates a lower percentage of true gold mixed together with a higher percentage of added metals, which makes, nicely enough, for a stronger ring.

(2) This was a coin with a guaranteed weight of 8 grammes of 22 - karat gold.

(3) As for the vital stats of the bauble, it is bejewelled with 8,000 diamonds weighing 200 karats, set in over a kilo of 18 - karat pink gold.

(4) As a final touch, the serigraphs were accented with 24 - karat gold.

(5) Jerry designed the enormous frames, which are all hand-carved, layered with red clay and water gilded with 22 - karat gold.

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(8) The weights - made of zinc and plated with 24 - karat gold - are non-magnetic and durable.

(9) Hers is an 18 - karat gold ring with a ruby or other precious stone.

(10) The statuette is made from the alloy Britannia and electroplated in copper, nickel, and silver, then hand-dipped in 24 - karat gold.

(11) This piece features two small Plexiglas boxes set on a high pedestal, each containing five bullets of different gauges with rounded or pointed heads, which the artist had cast in 22 - karat gold.

(12) They are framed in hand-gilded, 22 - karat gold and include a blue-green lacquer insert to highlight the beauty of the flowers.

(13) Look for surgical-grade steel, titanium, 14-or 18 - karat gold, or a metal called niobium.

(14) The spike, 69 inches long, was similarly computer-designed and machined, in stainless steel plated with 24 - karat gold.

(15) Ornate gold necklaces, heavily engraved gold bangles and gold sovereigns - eight grams of pure 22 - karat gold - dance across the television screen.

(16) The base itself is made up of a near-transparent orange shell, and a 21 karat plated copper base.

(17) The 10-inch Bowie knife depicts the bighorn sheep in its native range and is etched and highlighted with 24 - karat gold, copper and silver.

(18) Ninety percent of the store's offerings are gilded in 22 to 23 karats or 12 - karat white gold, according to Carroll.

(19) Opening it, he showed her a beautiful diamond, surrounded by 14 karat white gold.

(20) For gold, high karats mean intense color but less durability.