Platinum or Gold
| By Jonathan ~ September 24th, 2009 ~ Wedding Jewelry | 1 Comment |
If you can afford it, platinum is the way to go. It’s a pure substance. White gold is a man-made metal. There’s no such thing coming out of the ground as white gold. You take yellow gold and mix it with some white alloys like nickel and that’s what’s called white gold.
Over time, the yellowness of the gold will begin to shine through. In about 2 years, you can expect to take your ring to a jeweler to have it re-coated in rhodium. That will make it white again.
Of platinum rings, by the way, there’s different levels of purity. 950 platinum means that its 95% pure platinum. There’s also variations that are 55%, and probably everything in between.
The most important thing about choosing a wedding band is that you like it and it’s comfortable. So while I can talk on and on about why platinum is better, really if you’re in love and can’t afford it, then don’t worry. You can get married with a wooden ring or one made of cheese! You’ll be just as happy if you’ve found the right person and you’re making a life together!
TweetleDee
10/20/09
another good thing about platinum (kinda related to purity) is you don’t have to worry about allergies…supposedly some people can have allergic reactions to the nickel and other metals used as alloys in jewelry with a lower purity.