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Palladium: The Newest Trend In Wedding & Engagement Jewelry
Its Popularity is Ever Increasing as People Learn About its Advantages.
Try palladium jewelry if you don’t have the funds to buy costly white gold and/or platinum diamond jewelry.
What’s All the Fuss?
Palladium is the new jewelry metal in fashion offering benefits that are less expensive to acquire than platinum and hypoallergenic, unlike white gold.
The use of palladium for engagement rings is exciting with demand poised to grow. The high price of platinum is one reason behind the new interest in this platinum group metal. Palladium sells for less than a third of platinum, typically below $300 per ounce, and therefore offers attractive profit margins.
Palladium is About Half The Density of Platinum
More jewelry can be made from palladium per dollar invested in the metal. Although palladium is part of the platinum family of metals, it’s risky to think you can apply your platinum experience to palladium challenges without spending time on the learning curve.
Castings made of palladium are susceptible to the same problems that plague all cast metal—crack propagation, porosity, and undesirable surfaces. Many of these defects are caused by common reasons: lack of experience with a given metal, improper equipment, and the absence of effective controls to ensure quality and process repeatability.
The Differences Between Platinum and Palladium
The search has been on for a workable white alloy that stays white, is hypoallergenic and priced more agreeably than platinum.
Palladium jewelry is lightweight though, so if you’re looking for a heavy piece of jewelry, palladium is not the answer for you. One cost-effective solution could be to have your wedding jewelry custom designed -- have only the prongs made in white gold or platinum. What you save in the cost of the metal could enable you to purchase a larger or better quality stone.
What’s All the Fuss?
Palladium is the new jewelry metal in fashion offering benefits that are less expensive to acquire than platinum and hypoallergenic, unlike white gold.
The use of palladium for engagement rings is exciting with demand poised to grow. The high price of platinum is one reason behind the new interest in this platinum group metal. Palladium sells for less than a third of platinum, typically below $300 per ounce, and therefore offers attractive profit margins.
Palladium is About Half The Density of Platinum
More jewelry can be made from palladium per dollar invested in the metal. Although palladium is part of the platinum family of metals, it’s risky to think you can apply your platinum experience to palladium challenges without spending time on the learning curve.
Castings made of palladium are susceptible to the same problems that plague all cast metal—crack propagation, porosity, and undesirable surfaces. Many of these defects are caused by common reasons: lack of experience with a given metal, improper equipment, and the absence of effective controls to ensure quality and process repeatability.
The Differences Between Platinum and Palladium
The search has been on for a workable white alloy that stays white, is hypoallergenic and priced more agreeably than platinum.
Palladium jewelry is lightweight though, so if you’re looking for a heavy piece of jewelry, palladium is not the answer for you. One cost-effective solution could be to have your wedding jewelry custom designed -- have only the prongs made in white gold or platinum. What you save in the cost of the metal could enable you to purchase a larger or better quality stone.
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