All 18kt yellow gold jewels are proudly crafted using 100% alluvial gold sourced from the South Island of New Zealand.
This gold is super special in our eyes. It is the most environmentally friendly form of gold mining – traceable and ethically sourced, with no chemicals used.
Unlike hard rock mining, Mother Nature has already done the heavy lifting by naturally separating the gold from rock through erosion, taking it from the mountains out to the coast via glaciers, rivers and floodwater.
It is then a matter of separating the gold particles from the black sand soils – a process achieved so simply through water and gravity (no chemicals needed).
Read about Alice’s visit to a New Zealand alluvial gold mine here and here.
All other 18kt white and rose gold is recycled Australasian gold.