Karat

Karat

Summary of Karat

A measure of the fineness, i.e., purity, of gold. Pure gold is twenty-four karats; hence, an object that is an alloy of 50 percent gold and 50 percent other metals would be twelve-karat gold.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)


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