"Gold-Filled” is a USA industry standard that legally requires 1/20th, or 5% pure gold by weight. It is a strictly regulated process that involves pressure bonding multiple layers of solid 14k gold with extreme heat over a core of high quality jeweler’s brass. Gold-Filled can sometimes be 500x thicker than Gold Plated jewelry. It will not chip off or turn your skin green. We recommend this people with sensitive skin. Suggested Wear: to prolong the luster of your Gold-filled jewelry be careful of hard water exposure, chemicals in shampoos, ocean salt water, chlorine in pools, heavy metals from sweat. Gold Filled jewelry should last you years, but we do suggest maintaining attentive care practices.

This is our highest quality offering with the exception of Solid Gold. The term GL stands for "Gold Layers". This process involves 7 different metal and Gold depositing layers to achieve the final product which yields in a test 18K to 22K gold (18K gold is 75% Gold). GL has more gold than your standard "14K Gold Filled" pieces. We reference ""Gold-Filled"" in the description only because the end result of durability and quality surpasses the American industry standard of 14K Gold-filled pieces but not many clients have heard of "Gold Layered". Suggested Wear: to prolong the luster of your Gold-Layered jewelry be careful of hard water exposure, chemicals in shampoos, ocean salt water, chlorine in pools, heavy metals from sweat. 18K GL jewelry should last you years, but we do suggest maintaining attentive care practices.