Saturday 8 December 2012

White Gold - Gold Value


White gold is a mixture of gold and other metals that are white such as Nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), Palladium (Pd), Platinum (Pt) or Rhodium (Rh). There is a mixture of white metals will change color from yellow to white gold. Brilliant white gold color so it is necessary Plating (in the elderly) with Rhodium. Platingnya long it will disappear and the white gold needs to be rhodium plated again with brilliant color.

White Gold Ring
Platinum can also be used for jewelry. Platinum (Pt) is the white metal. In jewelery, the purity of platinum unit declared with Pt900, Pt950 and Pt1000. Pt900 platinum jewelry means that 90% (900 from 1000). Commonly used in jewelry are Pt900 and Pt 950, although there are also Pt 1000 (pure platinum). Platina 2 times heavier than gold. Price pergram is 2 to 2.5 times more expensive than gold. So for the same design (same shape), the Platina will ring 4-5 times more expensive than gold. Therefore, bracelet or necklace of platinum will be very rare because they are very expensive. Platinum color will never fade.

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