Hiki i ke gula ʻōpala ke kumu nui o ke kālā i kēia mau manawa hoʻomaha. ʻO nā ʻāpana gula maʻamau ke hele mai mai nā ʻāpana gula e like me nā apo wili, kahi ʻāpana apo pepeiao, a i ʻole nā lei haki a me nā kūpeʻe lima me kekahi mau kaulahao i nalowale i ka loulou. E hōʻiliʻili wale i kēia mau ʻāpana a kūʻai aku i kēia i kahi hale kūʻai pawn kaulana ma kou wahi. Akā, pono ke ʻike i ke kaumaha o nā ʻāpana gula ma mua o ka hana ʻana pēlā no nā kumu he nui. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūkākūkā no ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe aʻe no ka mea ua ʻike ʻoe i kona paona a me kona kumukūʻai makeke ma muli o ke kumukūʻai gula i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā ʻāpana kālā o nā nūpepa. E nānā i nā ʻāpana gula e ʻike i ko lākou maʻemaʻe. Ma ka oihana gula, ua anaia ka maemae ma 10K, 14K, 18K a me 22K; K kū no nā karats a pili i ka haku mele ʻana o ke gula i loko o ka huila. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia he palupalu loa ke gula 24K a pono e hoʻohui ʻia kekahi metala ʻē aʻe e like me ke keleawe, palladium, a me ka nickel i mea paʻakikī a, no laila, kūpono i nā mea nani. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka alloy e ka pākēneka o ke gula i loko. No laila, ʻo 24K gula he 99.7% gula; ʻO 22K gula he 91.67% gula; a ʻo 18K gula he 75% gula. ʻO ke kānāwai maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka helu karat, ʻoi aku ka waiwai o ke gula ma ka mākeke. E hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻāpana gula i mau puʻu ʻokoʻa e like me kā lākou karat. E hōʻoia e wehe i nā mea ʻē aʻe mai nā ʻāpana e like me nā pōhaku , nā peʻa a me nā pōhaku no ka mea ʻaʻole e helu ʻia kēia mau mea. E kaupaona i kēlā me kēia puʻu e hoʻohana ana i ka unahi mea hoʻonani a i ʻole ka unahi leka a i ʻole ka unahi kālā. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia nā unahi ʻauʻau a me ka lumi kuke no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa kēia mau mea i ke kaupaona ʻana i nā mea nani. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka mea hoʻololi ke kaupaona gula online a i ʻole e hoʻololi i ke kaumaha iā ʻoe iho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu calculator. He mea maʻalahi nā ʻanuʻu e like me kēia: E kākau i ke kaumaha ma nā auneke. E hoonui i ke kaumaha me ka maemae - 10K me 0.417; 14K na 0.583; 18K na 0.750; a me 22K e 0.917 - no kēlā me kēia puʻu. E hoʻohui i nā huina no ke kaumaha ma kahi o ke gula ʻōpala a pau. E nānā i ka ʻāpana kālā o kāu nūpepa kūloko no ke kumu kūʻai gula no ka lā. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo i ke kumu kūʻai pili no kāu mau mea gula ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai wahi me ke kaumaha kokoke.
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