Today, the jewelry market presents jewelry from all precious metals and stones in the widest price range. Including you can buy brooches, chains, pendants and wedding rings in white gold. What is this metal made of and what is the best way to wear it?
A little-known fact is that gold in its pure form is almost never used for jewelry production (except for Japan). This is due to the intrinsic physical properties of the metal: it is very soft and easily deformed. To give the necessary strength, additional additives are introduced into its composition, the so-called ligature. And it is from its components that the final color of the gold jewelry depends.
When you buy wedding rings in white gold for future celebration and daily wear, be sure to pay attention to the information on the tag. The fact is that this alloy is obtained by adding mainly platinum, palladium or nickel to gold. The latter gives the product a noble yellowish tint, and can also cause allergic reactions. Therefore, jewelry made with nickel, almost out of circulation in Europe.
Rarely enough in stores are engagement rings with white gold, complemented by blue, green and even black gold (obtained by adding rubidium, indium, etc.). This is because exotic shades of precious metal are quite fragile, so only small elements are made of them. The chemical composition of some shades is unknown to a wide range of manufacturers, therefore, for example, products decorated with black metal are quite expensive.
What zodiac signs are suitable for wearing white gold? Wedding rings, the photos of which are presented on the page, are not contraindicated for Cancers, Pisces and Scorpions, although these are typical watermarks . And this is due to the fact that the metal is exactly a white shade. In addition, any gold (red, pink, etc.) as solar metal can be constantly worn by representatives of the signs of Leo, Taurus and Aries.
Wedding rings made of white gold are best purchased at well-known jewelry stores and never taken off hand. It is imperative to pay attention to the presence of the assay mark and the imprint of the manufacturer. The point is not so much in the probability of buying a fake (and it is quite high), but in the fact that metals, and precious ones in particular, remember information well, including negative information that can get into your newly formed family, for example, from stolen jewelry.
Today, white gold wedding rings are sold in 585 or 750 fineness. These numbers mean that 585 mg of gold per one gram of sample metal No. 585 is accounted for, and about 23-28 mg of silver, 13-17 mg of palladium or nickel, 16 mg of copper and some zinc (8 mg) are also present in the alloy. Sample No. 750 can be produced in two ligatures:
- Silver (7-15 mg), palladium (less than 14 mg), nickel (up to 4 mg) and zinc (up to 2.4 mg).
- Nickel (7 - 16.5 mg), copper (up to 15 mg) and zinc (2 - 5 mg).