Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
It’s 18 karat, not 24, so 75% gold and 25% probably silver.
That makes it a significantly harder alloy than pure gold.
the carat is such a horrendous unit, why can’t we just start saying 75% gold
it’s insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another
It’s probably purposeful obscurity, a marketing move for gold and jewelry.
Other alloys are described as ratios of elements.
At least I am starting to see carat fall out of use as a unit of weight, maybe from diamond manufacturing slowly making diamonds more of a commodity product.
It’ll probably take until we stop obsessing over gold before we can get rid of karat.
Carrots aren’t awful, they help you see in the dark.
More seriously, they should donate this to a museum and have a regular toilet. Rich scum.
Interestingly in the US it isn’t, gold is measured in Karat (k/Kt), and Carat (ct) is the unit of weight.
1 Karat is 1/24th gold, 1 Carat is 200 milligrams.