Gold Rate Today: Generally 3 types of gold are available in India. 24 carat, 22 carat, and 18 carat. This division has been done based on the purity of gold. 24-carat gold is the purest. It contains 99.99 percent gold. That is why it is also called 999 gold. It is available in the form of gold bars or bricks. People buy this gold for investment purposes. Jewellery cannot be made from 24-carat gold. It has to be adulterated to make jewelry. 22-carat gold is 91.67 percent pure. It is also known as 916 gold. Other metals like 8.33 percent silver, copper, and zinc are mixed in this gold. This gold is used in making jewelry. Whereas, 18-carat gold is 75 percent pure. It has 25 percent adulteration. This is also used in making jewelry.
What are the prices of gold today?
Kalyan Jewellers
Kalyan Jewellers is selling 22-carat gold jewelry at Rs 7,115 per gram on Wednesday.
Tanishq
Tanishq is selling 22-carat gold jewelry at Rs 7,145 per gram on Wednesday.
Malabar Gold
Malabar Gold is selling 22-carat gold jewelry at Rs 7,115 per gram.
Joy Allukas
Joy Alukkas is selling 22-carat gold jejewelryt Rs 7,115 per gram.
Look for this thing in a jewelry shop.
If you are going to buy jewelry from a shop, then keep some things in mind. Registered jewelers put up the BIS logo outside their outlets. Also, it is written ‘Hallmarked jewellery is available for sale here’. The jeweler also puts up the registration certificate issued by BIS in the jewelry shop. To show the hallmark in hallmarked jewelry to the customer, the jeweler must have a magnifying lens of a minimum of 10X magnification.