Choose the cross, size it to your chain, then settle the diamonds and the gold color
Choose the cross first, then size it to the chain you already wear. The 10K crosses bought most in the year are small, about an inch and a quarter long and near 2 grams, so a thin chain carries them. The plain gold Jesus cross went out most. 10K gold is harder than 14K and a shade paler, which suits a cross you never take off.
Which cross: 10K gold Jesus cross, crucifix, nail cross or fleur de lis
Pick the figure first, then the look. The plain gold Jesus crosses are only three listings, yet they made close to four in ten of the pieces sold in the year. Crucifix is the word for a cross that bears the figure, so study the photos of each crucifix title. Those are mostly diamond pieces that run heavier, and they moved slowly.
Without a figure, three shapes led the year. The small Imperial cross sold best of them, a colored stone at its heart ringed by lab-grown diamonds. The slim nail cross and the thorned fleur de lis each took about a tenth of the year's pieces.
Why 10K: 10K vs 14K gold cross pendant
Take 10K for a small cross worn every day. It is ten parts gold in twenty-four, and the harder alloy keeps a thin cross crisp at the edges. Beside 14K it reads a shade paler. Below 10K, American jewelers cannot call it gold.
Every piece here is 10K, and most come in yellow, white or rose. Pick the color on the listing, since a title naming one color often offers all three. For a deeper yellow, compare the 14K gold crosses.
Grams and inches: small 10K gold cross size and weight
Start near an inch and a quarter long. Six in ten pieces sold were crosses under 3 grams, most about three quarters of an inch wide. The middle listing runs bigger, an inch wide and 2 inches long, so expect the drop to come close to double the width.
Mini, small and junior shift between listings, and one cross titled small runs nearly 3 inches, so read the inches. Diamonds weigh a fifth of a gram to the carat, so the grams on a pave cross are nearly all metal. Past 15 grams, give the cross a heavier chain.
Diamonds: natural or lab-grown diamond cross in 10K gold, and colored stones
About three listings in four carry diamonds. Those crosses made close to six in ten of the pieces sold. Natural stones sit on most. Nine pieces carry lab-grown, and two of those say so only in the diamond details, so read each origin line before you pay.
Emerald, sapphire and ruby crosses add color, and the small Imperial lets you choose any of the three. Few of the heavy black diamond crosses sold.
Chain and bail: what chain for a 10K cross, and cross sets
A cross sold alone comes without a chain. Seven pieces come as a set, the mini and small diamond crosses on an 18 inch chain and the rest in the length you choose. Hang any cross on a sturdy link.
Ask about the bail before anything else. Shoppers ask whether a 5 mm curb or a 10 mm Cuban will pass through it. Send the live chat your chain's width in millimeters, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET. The 10K gold chains match the karat.