<p><font face="Arial" color="#555555" size="2">Karatage/Caratage indicates purity and is noted by a number followed by the letter "k"/ "c". Traditionally karatage is expressed in 24ths, meaning 18k gold is an alloy of 18 parts gold and six parts other metal. 24k gold is 100% gold with no alloyed metals. </font></p><p></p>