PRECIOUS METALS
PRECIOUS METAL IS RARE
Everyone has a favourite colour, but when it comes to selecting a precious metal how do you decide?
Do you select a colour by its content and durability or to match your skin tones or something else that you wear?
But don’t despair I will personally help you choose the perfect precious metal that is right for you.
Platinum
Platinum is a rare precious metal. It’s heavyweight and durability makes platinum a metal that will not wear away with constant use. It holds diamonds and gemstones firmly in place for the life time of the jewellery.
Its natural white lustre brings the best out of diamonds and is a metal that is just as elegant when used all by itself to create a piece of jewellery.
Platinum Jewellery that contains at least 950 parts per thousand of pure platinum.
Gold
Have you ever been confused by the term yellow, white, pink and red gold?
All real gold is yellow, isn’t it?
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Gold Alloys
Pure gold is too soft to be used for jewellery, so other metals are nearly always added to it.
24ct gold is pure gold whereas 18ct gold contains 18 parts gold and six parts of other metal(s), making it 75% gold.
White Gold Alloys
Nickel can be mixed with gold to create a white (or grey) colour; it can cause dermatitis in people who are sensitive to nickel. Palladium is another metal used to make white gold alloys it is more expensive to produce but is less likely to cause allergic reactions that nickel can do.
Rose & Pink Gold Alloys
Copper is added to make gold coloured alloys, but additional copper creates pink and rose tones -the more copper, the deeper the effect.
