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Every tourist who comes to the UAE, at least for the sake of idle interest, visits the Gold Souk Deira. And even if by some miracle this was avoided, then in numerous malls the eyes will still be attracted by the windows of jewelry stores. There is a lot of different gold here, with and without stones, tourists often go to the emirates specifically for it, the prices are very attractive. The only question that arises is: where to buy, so as not to make a mistake and not run into a fake?
The most popular shopping places
These are the Dubai Gold Souk in Deira and the Gold and Diamond Park, which is located on Sheikh Zayed Road. These places are attractive because you can and should bargain there. The same applies to jewelry stores in Baniyas Square. In malls, in some stores it is not customary to bargain - the prices are fixed, however, there are also those in which you can try to bargain for a small loyalty (maximum 30%).
As for the assortment, the choice is huge everywhere. The only thing is that the design of the vast majority of products is designed primarily for oriental tastes - the decorations are massive and voluminous, not always made flawlessly. For people with good taste, to find a suitable product or set, they need to work hard in their search. Often, massive jewelry is made of hollow, or “blown” gold, in order to reduce its weight and cost.
Refined and elegant jewelry, originals rather than copies, are more likely to be found in mall jewelry stores, but the price will be appropriate. Knowledgeable people recommend the network of branded departments DAMAS, Joyalukkas and Al AnWaaR, as well as branded jewelry stores. The gold market provides a service for making jewelry according to the customer’s sketch. The cost of the service depends on the standard of the precious metal, the weight of the product and the complexity of the work.
As for the quality of gold, in the Emirates the probability of buying an outright fake (another metal instead of gold) tends to zero. Here, mainly yellow gold, the so-called Italian, 750 carat (18 carats) is offered. Gold of the same standard comes in white and pink colors. Products made from 22-karat gold are no less popular. It is less common to see items made from 585 standard (14 carats). Also on sale you can find bars and coins made of “pure” gold, 999 purity (24 carats). Gold bars can be purchased from a specialized machine in the Burj Khalifa on the 124th floor. It is planned to soon install such machines in the Dubai Mall and the Atlantis Hotel. The coins are well presented in Duty Free, but the prices there are not entirely encouraging.
What is “filled gold” - “applied gold” - goldfield - GOLD FILLED
Many buyers are mistaken and confuse the concepts of goldfield, applied gold and gold plating.
Fine gold is a very soft and fragile material. In order for jewelry to retain its appearance and shape for a long time, more durable alloys of gold (solid gold) with other metals (silver, copper, zinc and others) are used. Their gold content is measured in carats. The most commonly used gold is 10-18 carat.
The carat measurement system is based on the number 24, that is, 24 carats is 100%. The Russian sampling system is based on the number 1000, that is, 1000 parts is 100%. To convert carats into the “fineness” that is familiar to us, you can use the formula 1000/24* for the number indicated in carats. For example, 18 carats is 1000/24*18=750, that is, approximately 750 samples, 9 carats is 375 samples, 10 carats contains more gold than 375 samples, 14 carats is 583 samples. Goldfield is a special jewelry alloy with 14 carat gold - does not peel off, is corrosion-resistant, and anti-allergic. Externally, goldfield is no different from gold, only much cheaper. Goldfield is a much higher quality product than gold plating. Fittings made of applied gold retain its appearance for decades. The locks and earrings are hallmarked: 14K/20 GF. In this designation, the letters “GF” mean gold filled, i.e. filled with gold; “20” means that the base gold alloy for this product accounts for 1/20 (i.e. 5%) of its total weight, and “14K” means that 14 karat gold was used for plating, i.e. the gold content in the coating alloy is 58% (i.e., 24 units of the alloy contain 14 units of gold). According to the law, the layer of karat gold in goldfield must be at least 5% of the total weight of the metal parts of the jewelry.
A goldfield is a hollow mold, usually 14k gold, that is filled with another metal, usually copper. The entire outer surface of goldfield jewelry is solid, durable, and solid karat gold. That is, everything you can touch is gold.
Goldfield is produced by combining high heat and pressure, and under normal conditions of wearing and handling the jewelry, the plating karat gold will never tarnish. In the USA, this process is called gold filled , goldfield , in Europe - rolled gold or fused gold, because in fact a thick layer of gold is fused with a base metal base or overlaid gold . To make products from applied gold, yellow, white, pink or green gold is used.
In the case of GOLD PLATED jewellery, there are no legal requirements for the amount of gold applied to the metal base. Cladding is electroplating with a thin layer of gold several microns thick. It is weakly attached to the product, fragile and short-lived. The minimum gold content for clad coatings is not regulated, and such fittings do not have special markings. Therefore, your plain gold-plated jewelry may start to look bad after just a few wears. This does not happen in the case of goldfield. Such products retain their appearance for decades and have nothing to do with thin coating. Gold Filled differs from a gold product only in that it cannot be melted down!
If goldfield gold jewelry becomes a little tarnished over time, just like gold jewelry, you just need to clean it with a special jewelry cleaning cloth or gold spray.
PS. Marking is not applied to Gold Filled wire, balls, chains.
About prices and quality
Currently, a gram of 18-karat gold costs about 45-47 dollars (note that the figures are very approximate). The price per gram changes daily, or even several times a day. But it is the same for all stores. Every year these numbers are only growing. Initially, there is no price on the jewelry at all, or the price tag indicates a greatly inflated amount. And only skillful bargaining can reduce the cost to real indicators. Most often, the discount is 30-35%; larger discounts are offered much less frequently and very reluctantly. Buying several items at once increases the chances of getting the coveted gold at the lowest price. Do not use the services of escorts who will vying with each other to offer to take you to the best store. They do not work for thanks, so the cost of a purchase with the participation of such persons will be slightly higher than what it would have been without their participation.
Jewelry with precious stones or stones alone are also offered in abundance.
For example, the Pure Gold chain of stores, specializing in diamonds, is very good. They have both large stores and small kiosks (in almost every major shopping center in the UAE), in which the prices for products are very affordable.
The jewelry company LifeStyle will also please you with its price-design ratio. All products with diamonds or other precious stones must be accompanied by an appropriate quality certificate. However, it may even happen that the figures indicated in the certificate for the stones are significantly inflated. And not every jeweler is able to check this. But, frankly speaking, you should not expect any unsurpassed quality from stone products sold in the UAE. If the cost of the item does not exceed several thousand American money, then it is just a beautiful trinket, not of particular value for the world jewelry market. That is, it is not relevant to focus particularly on the purity and size of the stone in this case. It sparkles and sparkles - it’s great, but you can’t expect more from such jewelry; such purchases are more for the soul than for investment. If you have a great desire to invest in diamonds, then you need to go not to the UAE, but to countries that are global centers for the processing of precious stones.
When buying jewelry in the UAE, you need to remember and understand all this, then there will be no disappointments.
And finally, if the main location on vacation is not Dubai, but Sharjah, then jewelry can be bought at the local gold market - Al Yarmouk. The choice, of course, is more modest than in Dubai, but the prices are nicer. The same applies to Fujairah - here the gold market is located on Bank Street. Abu Dhabi's gold market is slightly smaller than Dubai's, but the selection is also impressive. It is located in the Madinat Zayed shopping center. The Emirate of Ajman has a small gold market, it is located near the Ajman Museum.
Happy shopping!
About Dubai Gold
The whole truth about Dubai gold.
Gold has always been a symbol of wealth and strength for men, beauty and confidence for women. But, unfortunately, not everyone can afford to buy high-quality jewelry. And the fair sex wants to have different jewelry for “all occasions.” Thanks to Dubai Gold, this became possible.
So what is it?
Dubai gold is made from an alloy of several metals such as beryllium bronze, brass, copper, etc. which allows this compound to look like a real precious metal. Skillfully imitating gold, since it has the same characteristic yellow color, is resistant to exposure to sunlight, and, importantly, does not fade over time.
Origin
Of course, its homeland is the United Arab Emirates, as even the name implies. Here, local jewelers are filled with pride in the quality and durability of the luxury jewelry they produce. It is thanks to local craftsmen and their individual approach to products that Dubai gold has firmly occupied its niche in the jewelry market. There is even a Gold Souk market in the city of Dubai, which houses more than 300 retail outlets selling jewelry and welcomes tourists with an arch with the name “Dubai City of Gold”.
There is a huge area here, where every tourist considers it his duty to go and buy Dubai gold. Most often, representatives of the stronger sex prefer to choose something practical, for example, a 3 in 1 set: a chain for men, a cross signet, a bracelet. Although now, in the age of our high technologies, you can easily order Dubai gold and buy it in an online store. And it won’t cost the buyer much more. Even if traders deliberately inflate the cost of jewelry, maintaining the tradition of bargaining. Everyone here knows that the seller is just waiting for a tourist who will cleverly persuade him to give him a discount of 20, 30, or even 50% of the cost of the desired purchase.
Finding the market is as easy as shelling pears, every guide will take you there, and any passerby can easily explain how to get to the most important attraction of the city. The market is open from 9:30 to 21:30 every day. The name “Dubai gold” is given precisely in honor of this very market, which gives its visitors unforgettable emotions. The online store “Dubai Gold” tries to transport customers into this atmosphere with its assortment.
Weight and strength
Thanks to its composition, Dubai gold luxury jewelry is strong and durable. It is resistant to external factors such as scratches and impacts. If you take proper care of your jewelry, it will last for many years.
And the weight is almost the same as a similar product made of ordinary gold. But it is calculated in carats.
Compound
Dubai gold is an alloy of several metals that imitates a “precious material”. Depending on the composition, it has different colors:
Golden White-green
White-blue
Rozov Pink
Bright yellow
This is not simple jewelry that is found on Russian markets, but high-quality products. Jewelry connoisseurs have long been convinced that this alloy is elastic, is not afraid of corrosion, minor scratches, sea salt, oxidation, and is affordable. It contains only environmentally friendly compounds, so Dubai gold jewelry is hypoallergenic; it can be bought even by people who have to carefully study the composition of the product due to the characteristics of their body.
Advantages
Having examined a lot of expensive jewelry on the Russian Internet, we can come to the conclusion that these are mainly Chinese jewelry that are not distinguished by quality. Most often they consist of a steel base or aluminum. When buying earrings, the gilding turns out to be of poor quality and the gold coating turns out to be copper plating, which wears off within a month.
An alloy of expensive metals cannot cost as much as their cheap counterparts. But when buying Dubai gold, chains, bracelets, you are purchasing a luxurious piece of jewelry that will not bend upon impact, and will not arrive crooked or with any defect when ordering online. Since this is high-quality jewelry, the online store will deliver Dubai gold in the best possible condition.
Due to the high cost of the alloy, Dubai gold is used only for the manufacture of luxury jewelry. But the choice is so varied that when buying, your eyes just run wild. The Dubai Gold online store can offer:
- bracelets
- pendants
- earrings
- chains
- various sets. Male and female.
Having analyzed all the features of Dubai gold, we can safely say that it deserves its place on the Russian market. And it completely competes with jewelry from popular companies.
Where to buy Dubai gold?
The largest selection is, of course, at the Gold Souk market in Dubai. There you can try it on and see how the product looks on your body. But, unfortunately, not every Russian has the opportunity to visit this beautiful city. In this case, the Dubai Gold online store will help you purchase the desired jewelry. For our customers, we have created a huge catalog, easy navigation on the site, and are ready to offer a fast and suitable payment method. The jewelry from the online store will come to you in the very near future with guaranteed quality.
5 reasons to choose us:
- Guaranteed quality
- Reliability of the online store “Dubai Gold”
- Affordable price
- A colossal assortment.
- Fast delivery.
Arabic gold - sample
Most people interested in purchasing ask themselves the question: Dubai gold, its purity, its features and distinctive features, what are they giving their money for and what is so unusual and attractive about this oriental gold metal?
Arab gold is measured in carats. According to this system, the carat is a unit of measurement that is an indicator of the purity of the alloy. The standard of gold in the United Arab Emirates is the same as in a number of other Asian countries.
Traditionally, price tags indicate the value - 24 carats or 18 carats. This means that the standard of Arabic gold is 999 or 750. You won't find standard 585 grade here. A large amount of gold makes it possible to actively promote the jewelry business of this state. The low prices for Dubai gold, the purity of which is considered one of the best, arouses the interest of many tourists.
Gold standard - United Arab Emirates
Dubai gold is not only 750 gold, the United Arab Emirates is also famous for its alloy, which mixes brass, randole and gold. This alloy is hypoallergenic and is used to make jewelry. The alloy has the following positive characteristics:
- High degree of resistance to external factors, such as salt water, sunlight;
- The alloy is particularly durable;
- Resistant to changes in color and shape;
In other words, Dubai gold is also gold for making luxury jewelry. It is more convenient and safer to wear products made from such a gold alloy every day. In our time, such jewelry is not only simple jewelry - it is beautiful and fashionable accessories.
Dubai gold is a man-made material. An interesting fact is that gold is not mined in the United Arab Emirates; it is only processed there.
Dubai gold has proven itself in the market, and, as a rule, no one complains about the quality of gold. Buyers love this gold. Many jewelry lovers prefer to purchase Dubai gold. It is known all over the world. It gained its popularity due to its fairly low price, which attracts the bulk of buyers. They can be bought in whole lots.
The largest percentage of all gold sales comes from Japanese tourists. The concentration of all gold in all of Dubai is the famous Gold Market, a location that every tourist knows.
