Platinum and Gold Diamond Jewelry

Platinum and gold are one of the rarest of precious metals, they are found in only a few locations around the world. To produce a single ounce of finished platinum, a total of 10 tons of ore must be mined and three tones of ore are required to produce one ounce of gold. The rarity of platinum versus gold gives it its cachet (and cost).

Gold and Platinum scratch alike and has to be maintained once or twice a year to keep its fresh shiny look.

Platinum

Platinum, rhodium, palladian -- three of the six separate elements in the platinum family -- are used for jewelry and decorative purposes. Platinum was in use for several centuries B.C., but a process to make it more malleable and workable was not discovered until 1804.

The color of the metal platinum is grayish white and resembles highly polished silver when finished. It is reasonably malleable and extremely ductile.

Palladium White Gold

Standard white gold has a strong yellow tone to it and often disappoints customers most white gold you see in stores is plated with rhodium to make it look more "white". We use the more expensive palladium white gold to achieve a true white color without plating. This is the white gold used by many fine jewelers to make a higher quality product. The look of the palladium white gold is similar to the look of platinum and is rapidly becoming the industry standard for fine white gold jewelry.

An Overview of Gold

Gold is the mostly highly prized of all metals.  Its bright yellow glitter and malleability has made it, since the dawn of history, the metal most treasured. The earliest craftspeople used gold to fashion decorative pieces of all kinds. In the Middle Ages,  artisans were trained as goldsmiths to create jewelry and ornaments of the highest order, some surpassing work done by the craftsmen of today.

Gold found in its native state is rarely pure 24k, but is usually associated with silver and often with mercury. In its natural state of pure gold, the substance is very malleable and can be hammered into very thin sheets.  When the silver content is a high percentage of a naturally-occuring gold mass, the metal is called electrum, a natural alloy.