Metal Guide
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30x's more rare than gold makes platinum the most rare metal used to produce jewelry. Platinum's unequalled durability and resistance to wear makes it the most secure, protective, and lasting metal.
A noble metal from which fine jewelry is fashioned using a 950 alloy. It's natural white luster creates the perfect setting to enhance the beauty of diamonds and does not need to be rhodium plated. It is naturally hypoallergenic and equivalent to the purity of Platinum 950.
Gold in its most pure form is expressed as 24kt and yellow in color; most often alloys are added to the 24kt gold to make it more desirable for jewelry manufacturing and to change the color from yellow to white or rose. The more alloys added the lower the percentage of pure gold ; most commonly found in the United States of America are 18kt (75% pure gold 25% alloys) and 14kt (58.3% pure gold 41.7 alloys). Gold is the most common metal used in jewelry production.
A lustrous gray metallic element used principally to make lightweight, resistant alloys. One reason why titanium wedding bands are gaining in popularity, especially with men, is because of its strength that belies its light weight feel.
Tungsten-consistent with carbon and other elements are ground into a powder and then compressed with high-pressure dyes to form a round blank. The blank is then fired in an oxygen free furnace at 2400 degrees Fahrenheit to form an extraordinarily hard ring.
