14 carat gold is 14/24 gold, I.E. 58.3% gold, and 41.7% other metals. It can do that, especially since it can have nickel, silver, palladium, & copper as the other metals. The copper and nickel are the most likely alloy components to cause problems.
Marshall Marshalee Hallett wrote: > > Sylvie, > > The acid in your body often makes it make green apear on your skin. A > gold > > ring will on many people, me incl., on your finger turn green. snip> I > don't wear anything with Yellow Gold. The white Gold won't do this as > > some jewelry is made of. > > > > Maxine > > Dear Maxine, > If your gold jewelry makes your skin turn green, then whoops! it ain`t gold! > It is a cuprous metal alloy, with perhaps some gold but probably not much. > Try 14 KT gold, it won`t do that. It is mostly gold with some silver in it > for strength. White gold has more silver, red gold has some copper. > Marshalee, a lapidary, and silversmith wannabe... > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
