troy ounce
Gold weight unit
A troy ounce is a unit of weight used for precious metals and gemstones, equal to about 31.1 grams—slightly heavier than a standard (avoirdupois) ounce.
Gold and silver prices are quoted per troy ounce: Gold closed at $2,000 a troy ounce.
A troy pound contains twelve troy ounces, not sixteen.
Purity or thinness measure
- assayCompositional evaluation procedure
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
- karatGold purity unit
- sterlingPure silver alloy
refining · purify · smelting · touchstone · acid test · certification · guarantee · standard
Metric mass unit
- pennyweightTwenty grains per troy ounce
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- avoirdupoisCommon weight measurement system
- scaleMeasure of relative size
balance · weighing · mass · conversion · metric · apothecary · baht · mace
fineness
Purity or thinness measure
- assayCompositional evaluation procedure
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
- karatGold purity unit
sterling · refining · purify · smelting · touchstone · acid test · certification · guarantee · standard · alloy
gram
Metric mass unit
- pennyweightTwenty grains per troy ounce
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- avoirdupoisCommon weight measurement system
scale · balance · weighing · mass · conversion · metric · apothecary · baht · mace
gold
Element seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
- palladiumElement forty-six, catalytic metal
ingot · bar · bullion · stacking · hoard · reserve · commodity · investment · asset · wealth
coin
Stamped metal currency
stamp · planchet · mintage · striking · proof · Maple Leaf · Britannia · Buffalo · sovereign · numismatics
- goldpure gold, solid gold, fine gold, 24 karat, gold bullion
- Gold and Silvergold bullion, gold nugget, gold nuggets, gold dust, gold ingots
- precious metalsgold, silver, platinum, palladium, bullion
- unitsunit, angstrom, yard, meter, base units
- weighingscales, scale, weight, mass, grams
- weightpound, pounds, kilogram, kilograms, gram
troy ouncehandful
Amount a palm holds
troy ouncemetric ton
Thousand-kilogram mass unit
gold bar · troy pound · ingot