White Gold Jewelry - Introduction

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White gold is known as an alloy of gold. Its natural color is light grey and slightly yelllow, so white gold jewelry is coated with highly reflective rhodium and sometimes with platinum and palladium and also used as a cheper alternative than paltinum. This coating is used to add more brilliant shine in white gold jewelry. Plating with these matals helps to prevent the oxidation of some of the metals found in alloys.

If you like a white metal, your can choose white gold and platinum in similar appearance, they are very different metals. As we mentioned, platinum is much more expensive, so if you want to spend a limited budget, white gold may be the wise choice.

White gold is very hard and very resistant to scratching but exhibit a brownish or yellowish cast which must be covered by rhodium plating. As we mentioned, this plating will eventually wear off, although it can easily be re-plated. you can select any item of white gold for you be it bracelates, rings, chains, earrings and pendants to make your look more charming and beautiful.

Some people are allergic to nickel and should not wear white gold containing nickel. For this reason, a white gold alloyed with palladium is being used by some manufacturers which can fix your allergic problem.

Different metals and different ratios are used to produce different colors to gold jewelry. If there seems to be a problem when wearing white gold if you are allergic to nickel, you can try white gold alloyed with platinum rather than nickel, since platinum won’t corrode. There are many beautiful styles and designs in white gold jewelry which you can choose.

It is better and generally suggested to remove jewelry before doing any work where you will be handling chemicals or tools. This can help to increase lifespan of your jewelry.


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