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Bronze

Bronze, a combination of copper and tin (not to be confused with brass which contains copper and zinc), jewelry comes in all shapes and sizes. As per the piece in the illustration, one can acquire bronze jewelry with various Celtic designs. 

Brass

Brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) jewelry is not as popular as other types of jewelry but it is certainly not rare and is used as a medium in Celtic Jewelry (see illustration). Because of its malleability and acoustic properties brass is the metal of choice in many

Gold

Gold is the metal of choice for most people when it comes to jewelry. It is very attractive and wears well. It also holds its value quite well. The thing to consider when buying gold jewelry is how much gold is actually in the piece of jewelry. Fortunately, the amount of gold is indicated by the carat stamp on the piece (always indicated with a “K”…such as “10K”). The powers that be decided to divide the amount of gold into 24 pieces (thus a 1K stamp indicates the piece is 1 part gold and 23 parts of some other metal). The typical gold content is 10K (less than half gold), 12K (exactly half gold), 14K (more than half gold), 18K (three fourths gold), and 24K (99.9 % gold…there are always some impurities). Naturally, Celtic Jewelry comes in various grades of gold.