ALL THAT GLITTERS

Gold is mainly found in its pure form unmixed with other metals but because pure gold is fairly soft it is often used in combination with copper or silver. It is the exceptionally versatile characteristic of gold that makes this the 'noblest' of metals and the one most widely used in jewellery making. It is a very dense metal (specific weight is over 70% higher than that of lead) but at the same time the most malleable and ductile. For instance a mere gram of gold can be drawn into a continuous thread over three kilometers in length!

From a chemical point of view, gold has only two enemies: mercury , a liquid metal with which it immediately forms a still amalgam and aqua regia, a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids in which it readily dissolves. Once gold has been extracted and refined it is then melted in to crude bullion in the form of ingots or bars.

Gold jewellery enhances any outfit today, be it casual or smart and Barnes Jewellers makes the choice simple as they have a piece literally to be worn for any and every occasion, or it can simply be put on and worn permanently as well.

There are many people who wear chains permanently around the neck with a gold cross or other symbol that has deep meaning to them, while some gold bracelets have got charms on them which have been deliberately picked as a gift with meaning and symbolism as well. After the first world war, married women became frivolous and shocked their families by smoking and starting to wear gold trinkets and by 1925 heavy gold bracelets with forty or more charms became most fashionable, and gold jewellery has been the most prominent adornment through the ages since then.

Any old or boring outfit can immediately be transformed and actually made to look more lively as well as being more eye-catching by putting on any of a number of glittering gold pieces of jewellery like earrings, bracelets, gold chains, brooches and hair pieces. Any women can look stunning with her hair put up and a pair of gold earrings that catches the sun and gleams as she turns her neck.

Feel free to contact us at http://www.barnesjewellers.co.za/contact.html for any information you might have regarding any of your gold jewellery queries.