What is the carat count of gold in a bracelet that contains 585 grams of gold?

Answer 1

This is almost like asking how many grapefruits are in a plum. You may be confused on the true meaning of 'Carat'. 24 K is pure gold, or 100% [.999 pure or more] 18K=75% pure alloyed with other metals 14K= 58% pure 9K=37.5% pure So you see, if the total weight of the bracelet is 585 grams, you must know the purity in order to calculate the gold content. Carat means purity in this sense, not weight. Since you stated that it is a bracelet, we may assume that it is intended for a lady. Most men's jewelry is 10K gold, alloyed with much harder metals to make it more durable. Women's jewelry is usually14K or better. Let's restate your question using a hypothetical example: "How many GRAMS of gold are there in a 14K bracelet weighing 585 Grams" Since we know that 14K means 58% purity, we may assume that there are about 339 grams of gold. Keep in mind that usually not every piece of metal on a bracelet will be the 14 K gold. So to find the true purity and gold-content weight, one would have to test it. I would suggest a good jeweler for that task. There are 31.1033 grams to the troy ounce so this hypothetical bracelet would weigh almost 19 ounces!