'White gold' trouble - industries - business | Stuff.co.nz
I had this forwarded to me,and found it very interesting reading,I wonder if the rhoduim plating has something to do with detectors not being able to pick up certain items.I now know of three lost items that would fall into this catagory And have tried hard to find them. Have a read and let me know your thoughts.Sometimes I sure do wonder" what I am missing"
I have always thought Rhodium / white gold was likely to be shall we say an unwise investment. For one thing gold is gold colour not white. Why the need to re-plate the ring annually. Gold will last forever.
ReplyDeleteIf the jewelers were up front about it and not charging huge amounts ($5600 as in the article) as if it was real gold then maybe it would be acceptable. Good on that bloke for complaining. Hope it gives that industry a shake up.
Also can't understand why people buy white gold. Might as well get a silver ring & save some money.
ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia: "White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium." Thus a Rhodium plated ring is not White Gold as the rhodium is not alloyed with the gold - its plated yellow gold and should be sold as such.
I have at least 1 Rhodium plated yellow gold ring. The wear on it is enough to be able to pick out slight yellow blotching where some of the plating has worn off.
Rhodium's conductivity is less then gold so it could, if the plating is thick enough, bring down the total VDI slightly but it will still be be in the top of the foil or above range. Platinum has a lower conductivity then Rhodium.
Just a thought, I wonder how one of these rings act in an acid test. Might have to file all white gold to test the true carat?
ReplyDeleteMay be 9ct or even less perhaps. If so that really would make seemingly expensive rings not so valuable at all.
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