Gold, like jewellery Bahraini gold is considered a very valuable form of currency to countries in the Middle East. This precious metal is part of their traditions like marriage or birth where gold is given as a dowry or gift.

In Bahrain, there is a marketplace they call souq, which should always be a part of a tourist’s itinerary. A gold souq can be considered a haven for everything magical and golden. Compared to Europe, the Bahrain gold starts at 18-carat up to 24-carat sold by weight according to the current market price plus additional costs for workmanship.

Compared to all other precious metals, gold is lustrous, beautiful, easy to mold or work with, rare, and not easily destroyed. It has always been a trademark
for glamour and luxury. People have always been fascinated with the gold and this is why the metal alloy has been crafted with intricate designs and molded into different accessories like ring, earrings, necklace, and bangles.

Gold’s malleability allows a craftsman to create beautiful pieces of jewellery from it. An ounce of gold can be flattened into a sheet of about 16 square meters. It could be so thin yet it is indestructible. Gold doesn’t rust or tarnish even through time – like those gold coins that are found in sunken ships of ancient times.

24-carat gold displays a natural, warm gold color, which can’t be changed unless the purity of 24 carat is lessened. There is pink gold, which is made by changing the gold composition while in the process of making jewellery. There are gold-plated accessories which are just surface colors done by electroplating. This “gold” eventually tarnishes over a period of time.