White Gold

White Gold

Is it normal for white gold to get a yellow tint after only 3 weeks?

I have a white gold engagement ring and i've only had it for 3 weeks and its already got a yellow tint to it. I know your supposed to get it re-dipped after time but isn't 3 weeks a little fast?

i have had my white gold engagement ring for three years (from a well known and very highly reccomended jeweler in my area, im POSITIVE it is 100% real) and not once in the entire three years i have had it has it ever developed ANYTHING that i would call a "yellow tint" nor have i ever heard of having a ring redipped. i dont even get it cleaned that often, and i have never seen it any color but what it is supposed to be

so my guess is the ring is not as high quality as you were lead to believe.

someone please explain to me this whole white gold redipping thing? i have never once heard of this, and i made sure i knew the warrenty of this ring inside and out.

White Gold

 

 

Gold is a yellow metallic element. Pure gold is too soft to be used for making jewelry. To increase its strength it is mixed with other metals to form alloys. The metals so used alter the color of gold producing various shades of yellow, white and pink.

 

There actually exists no such thing as White Gold. When jewelers speak of white gold they refer to gold alloys that are white in color. White Gold was originally produced to imitate platinum.

 

White gold is essentially an alloy of gold with at least one white metal. Alloy simply refers to a mixture of two or more metals. Mixing a white and a yellow metal doesn’t, as it seems, produce a pale yellow metal. Alloying alters the atomic structure of the metal which in turn alters the reflectivity of light of different wavelengths giving the desired color to the metal. The metals used to bring the white color of gold are nickel, zinc and palladium.

 

White gold usually comprises of gold and nickel due to inexpensiveness of nickel. It makes white gold affordable. But a major disadvantage is that it might cause skin allergies to some. Palladium is considered to be an ideal metal for the production of white gold. But it, just like nickel, is not devoid of disadvantage, as it is expensive and makes manufacturing difficult as palladium has a high melting point.

 

Other whiteners include silver, platinum, chromium, cobalt, tin, zinc and indium.

 

Like yellow gold, white gold is also measured in carats. Owing to its resemblance to Platinum and the relative inexpensiveness, White Gold receives its world wide acceptance in various forms of jewelry.

 

 

 

 

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