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LEARNING
CENTER > THE BASICS OF "METALS"
The radiant glamour of gold. Pure platinum
elegance. Delicate or dramatic silver. Three precious metals, thousands of years
of history. For long treasured as ornamentation and as modes of exchange. And
all nearly unlimited as a medium of artful adornment. Each possesses qualities
that enhance fine jewelry and express a wearer's unique style.
Through the ages, gold, platinum and silver have been hammered, molded, minted,
shaped, mixed with other metals, textured and polished. But ultimately, metal
preference is a matter of personal taste, subject to fashion, tradition, or the
appeal of a particular jewelry design. There's far more to these rare metals
than merely settings for sparkling stones.
Gold
Rare, versatile and highly desirable, gold makes beautiful jewelry of all
kinds. However, pure gold is too soft to be used by itself in jewelry, so it
must be combined with an alloy (base metal). At HubertGem.com, you'll only find
gold jewelry of 14k and above. That's because 10k gold jewelry contains less
than 50% actual gold - too little to meet our standards for quality.
Platinum
Platinum is the purest, most durable and most valuable of the metals used
for fine jewelry. Its white luster shows little wear and beautifully enhances
gemstones, making it ideal for settings. Platinum has been enjoying a resurgence
as part of the current interest in white metals. Jewelry must be at least 95%
pure platinum to earn the "PLAT" stamp.
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