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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 115270, member: 25&quot;]Well I had never heard of PMC but who knew?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_clay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_clay" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_clay</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the far and middle eastern jewelery I have had was 22 carat gold, not 24. I&#039;m not saying 24ct does not exist, but even in those regions the practicality of some slight alloying is recognised.</p><p><br /></p><p>In earlier pieces some alloying was the inevitable result of less than perfect refining. No coins have ever beeb struck in pure gold apart from stuff intended just for looking at, and even the classic Kruger Rand, i ounce of fine gold is 22 carat and so a tad heavier than 1 ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be astonished if a mainstream US store carried pure gold jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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