White Gold
White Gold
How To Choose Platinum, Palladium, Or White Gold For Your Wedding Band
Platinum is often considered the best there is, and with good cause. It can make diamonds sparkle like no other metal can and is much harder than white gold. But if you can't afford the platinum price tag, than palladium is a good option to consider.
The main benefit of palladium over platinum wedding rings is price. Platinum is a much more dense metal than both gold and palladium, and thus weighs a lot more. Usually, you are paying for weight with precious metals. They are most often sold on commodity markets by the troy ounce. While the volume may be the same for both a platinum, white gold, and palladium ring, the weight and density of the platinum ring will be almost double, along with the price tag.
Both palladium and platinum offer superb stone security when setting diamonds, much better than that of white gold. The prongs have very minimal spring back and both metals seem to wear well for this application.
Wedding rings made of palladium and platinum are also both very pure metals, usually 95% pure with the remaining 5% being ruthenium or iridium. This is great for those who need hypo-allergenic rings, as both metals will be far less likely to cause allergic reaction than those of white gold. Palladium is usually marked 950PD while platinum carries the mark PT950.
In our experience, both metals wear well. Palladium is a naturally white metal, just as platinum is, and will look shiny and new as long as you clean and polish is regularly. Platinum also requires maintenance, though not as often. However, the maintenance is more intensive and takes longer when you get it done. Over many years the cost will be a wash, but platinum will likely save you a few trips to the jewelery store.
Chances are that if you're looking for a palladium or platinum wedding band you don't want to consider white gold. However, there are some options that have presented themselves with recent technology that give white gold the same advantages as palladium and platinum with a similar price tag. These new white golds stay white and don't need rhodium plating. They are often referred to as precise white gold rings. Our favorite is the new X1 white gold from Stuller. This is available by request in most our gold bands at Wedding Rings Forever. This metal ranks just below platinum on the "whiteness" scale and just above palladium.
For now it still seems that platinum is a superior choice for luster and wear. It is also a completely inert metal that will not react, meaning no oxidation or tarnish. However, the new X1 white gold and 950PD palladium will certainly be competitors coming into the future.
About the Author
Wade Peterson
CEO
http://www.weddingringsforever.com
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White Gold Jewelry, the Perfect Choice
Before I tell you the reason why white gold jewelry is the perfect choice, you should know first how to make white gold jewelry.
There is no pure white gold. White gold is a mixture of gold with at least one white metal such as silver, nickel or palladium plus it’s replated with rhodium to enhance its white color. The main reason why gold must be mixed with other metals is to make gold harder so it won’t bent so easily and maintain their shape. In this case also to make gold looks white.
14 parts of gold plus 10 parts other metal will create 14K gold, while 18 parts of gold plus 6 parts other metal will create 18K gold. Gold if it’s mixture with nickel will create hard white gold, but because it has brittle characteristic it’s not a wise choice to use it as a gem settings. Plus some people reported they have allergic reaction with nickel. For these reasons, gold that mixed with palladium is a better choice.
If your white gold jewelry starts to change color after some period of time and constant use, don’t you worry, you can replated again with rhodium. Just bring your jewelry to the jeweler; they’ll know what to do.
More and more people choose white gold jewelry than yellow gold jewelry, because it looks fresher and modern but also neutral. White gold jewelry can match with any colors, whether the color of your skin, your clothes, your hair, your shoes, your purse, anything. White gold jewelry also can match with your outfit. You can wear t-shirt and jeans with white gold jewelry and it still looks good.
Platinum Jewelry Vs White Gold Jewelry. Platinum jewelry is more durable and more pure than white gold jewelry. So why don’t we buy platinum jewelry instead of white gold jewelry? Because the price is much higher than white gold jewelry. Yes we can save money to buy platinum jewelry, but I think it’s not necessary.
I give you an example: if you are saving your two month salary to buy platinum jewelry, and you wear same jewelry in every occasion, isn’t it boring? If you buy white gold jewelry, you can have at least two different jewelries than one platinum jewelry with the same price. So you have more jewelry collections thus you have bigger selections to mix and match with your outfit and occasion.
White gold jewelry is a perfect choice because it looks bright, shine, fresh and modern with an affordable price.
About the Author
Ted Crist is an avid writer, providing two minutes guide on diamonds, rings and jewelry. Feel free to publish, use or edit my article (for grammar corrections), but I would be very appreciate if you put link back to DiamondsRings99.com. Article: White Gold Jewelry