jellybean
Brilliant_Rock
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I''m sorry if this question has been asked before but I couldn''t find the answer when I searched...
My grandmother''s wedding ring is from the late 1940''s. It has her original e-ring diamond (a 0.5ct rb) and a bunch of I believe 1pt diamonds set around it in a rectangle with the diamond in the middle. (sorry, I don''t have a picture of it). The ring is made of 14kt white gold.
This ring has never been rhodium plated to the best of our knowledge. In fact, my grandmother hardly ever took it off of her finger so I know it wasn''t even cleaned very often! It is still amazingly shiny and white.
I guess my question is - is there another metal or alloy that was used in white gold "years ago" that would account for this shinyness/whiteness? I''m wondering b/c it seems I need to have my white gold ring rhodium plated every 6 months or so.
Thanks!
My grandmother''s wedding ring is from the late 1940''s. It has her original e-ring diamond (a 0.5ct rb) and a bunch of I believe 1pt diamonds set around it in a rectangle with the diamond in the middle. (sorry, I don''t have a picture of it). The ring is made of 14kt white gold.
This ring has never been rhodium plated to the best of our knowledge. In fact, my grandmother hardly ever took it off of her finger so I know it wasn''t even cleaned very often! It is still amazingly shiny and white.
I guess my question is - is there another metal or alloy that was used in white gold "years ago" that would account for this shinyness/whiteness? I''m wondering b/c it seems I need to have my white gold ring rhodium plated every 6 months or so.
Thanks!