What is gold-filled jewelry?
Gold-filled jewelry is a great, less expensive option to 14K gold jewelry. A thick layer of gold is bonded to a base metal (such as sterling silver). The entire outer layer of gold-filled jewelry is 14K gold, so the appearance is the same as a 14K gold piece at a fraction of the cost. Gold-filled jewelry is 5% 14K gold by weight. This is up to 100 times the amount of gold as in gold plated jewelry. Because the gold is bonded to the base metal, it will not flake off or peel off as gold plated jewelry will.
