White Gold jewelry

White Gold necklace

Ear ring

White gold is mixed of gold and white metal. It is plated with hard element of rhodium. White gold can gray, pale pink or dull brown due to lack of rhodium coating. Gold is naturally yellowish color. When you buy gold then through carats it is specified. For example that if pure gold is 24 carats,  then it refers to  18 parts of gold and 6 parts of other elements. If white gold is 14 carats then it refers to 14 parts of gold and 10 parts of other metals. It is measured that pure gold is 999.99, 18k gold is 750, white 14k is 585.

Gold jewellery is mixed of 18 parts of gold, 3 parts of copper and 3 parts

Earring

of silver. 18 k jewel refers to 18 parts of gold, 3 parts of copper and 3 parts of silver. Pink gold is mixed of more copper. Green gold is mixed of more silver.Nickel, platinum, zinc and palladium can uses for white gold. When gold’s rhodium plating wears off then real gold color may seen in
underneath. Then you can use another rhodium plating.

Allergies from white Gold

Gold jewelry is made of gold- silver-palladium mixed or gold-copper-nickel-zinc mixed. Some of peoples are affected with reaction to skin rash. So Americans and European jewelry makers are avoided nickel white gold. Nickel white jewelries are strong

enough to wear.