14KT Gold Vermeil Malachite Tree of Life Necklace

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The 14KT Gold Vermeil Malachite Celtic Tree of Life Pendant is a mystical and magical piece talks about your connection to the spirit world. This stunning gold and malachite necklace give you mystical properties while guiding you through life. The necklace has a 925″ sterling silver base coated with a dense layer of 14k gold. The 23″/29″ pendant is an intricately designed piece encrusted with stunning green malachite.

What is Gold Vermeil?

Gold Vermeil (ver-may) is gold plated on high-quality sterling silver. While traditional gold-plated jewelry can be on any base metal and only needs the gold plating to be 0.5 microns thick, Irish-made gold vermeil is at least 10K or more, only plated on sterling silver and the gold plating must be at least 2.5 microns thick (it is typically 3 microns). While all gold plating may eventually wear off, with proper care gold vermeil jewelry it will take exponentially more time than on traditional gold-plated jewelry. It can take years to happen, and with gold vermeil you can contact a jeweler and have it re-plated if necessary. This is truly the ideal, high-quality way to enjoy gold jewelry that is not 100% pure gold metal.