The Difference in types of Golds: Gold Plated, Gold Vermeil, Gold Filled & Solid Gold
We will start from the bottom of the spectrum and make our way up to the highest quality. The lowest quality gold you can buy would be Gold Plated. This is only in technicality due to it's major availability, its high manufacturing and the fact that for a long time, the only thing available outside of pure gold was gold plated. There are different 'microns' you can plate your jewellery with, but most mass-produced jewellery brands will use the lowest which would be <1 micron. Gold Plated has a brass/copper/nickel inside which doesn't make them great for sensitive skin/ears and will stain your fingers that nasty green. Pros would be that gold plated should be cheap and affordable, don't get swayed by a...