White Gold Earrings To Go With Every Occasion

2008-03-14T12:07:00.000-07:00

Gold may be common in women jewelry but let’s face it you cannot get a substitute for gold. Yellow and white gold earrings are available at every jewelry store with different styles like hoops, stud, huggie, dangling, drop earrings and many more. The vast variety of jewelry now available in white gold is uncountable, from white gold bracelets to white gold earrings. These earrings are available in different karats of gold in different sizes. The shine of a white gold in incomparable with any other metal and is worth buying. An outfit will be incomplete without a pair of earrings in your ears.

White gold is an alloy of gold, being flexible in nature they can twist and mold I any shape. Pure 24k gold tends to supple and easily bent, due to its nature of flexibility a 14k of gold is mixed with an alloy of metal like nickel or palladium to make them hard and strong disabling them to break off that easily. Thus, when making yellow or white gold earrings, almost 18k of gold is used to make them strong enough from breaking or bending that easily. So make sure when you buy any gold jewelry you know how much karat is used in making it, the more karat of gold bought, the more it’s going to last long.

Logically, the prices of white gold earrings vary according to their sizes and karats of Gold used in each earring. While purchasing 9k of white gold, the price may be $10-$30, as far as 14k of white gold is concerned, the price may start from $100 onwards. The same way bigger the earring the expensive it’s going to be. I would recommend 14k of gold which is perfect in earrings and is not that costly. You can start off your day with stud white gold earrings while going to work. They are going to look great as well as professional. Later have a hi-tea with family, go with small hoop earrings. They look sophisticated on occasions like a gathering of family and friends. Dinner with your boyfriend, go with dangling or drop earrings for a perfect night with a perfect set of white gold earrings. Not just that, planning a girl’s night out, go with big hoop white gold earrings to go great with your dress. Hoop white gold earrings come with a combination of yellow gold, platinum and sometimes silver too.

If you are planning to do some jewelry shopping one must not forget to purchase white gold earrings. These earrings have a silver touch which can go with any outfit and any look of yours. They come in a variety of style including hoops (small and big), dangling, drop earrings, stud, huggies and many more. These styles look good whether you are hanging out with friends, at a party or a wedding. You may want to try hoop white gold earrings as they boost up the look to more of a stylish and trendy appearance. Apart from circle hoop earrings, triangle, oval as well as diamond shape are available for variety.

These earrings can be bought from any of the online stores and shop for white gold earrings from top jewelry brands like RedEnvelope, Limoges and Szul. Order now a pair of dazzling, sparkling white gold earrings in contrasting tones to go great with your casual and fancy outfits.

Platinum Or White Gold?

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I hear the same question time and time again. "They both look the same, so what's the difference?" Its true, white gold and platinum jewellery do look the same yet white gold is much cheaper than platinum. But before you rush to choose white gold, know the facts:

"I thought gold was yellow?" It is. The gold that is used to make jewellery is almost always not 100% pure. You may have heard the term "carat" to describe the purity of gold. This measure is a scale out of 24 where 24 carat is pure gold. 9 carat gold is thus 37.5% pure gold and 18 carat gold is 75% pure gold. The rest of the metal is actually a mixture of alloys. Gold is very soft and the alloys mixed with it helps make the metal harder. With white gold, white alloys are used to mix with the pure gold, and the result is a pale yellow metal. This pale yellow metal is then coated with Rhodium which is a very hard, expensive and white metal. The result is a bright white metal - white gold.

Platinum, on the other hand, is a metal that is naturally white. Platinum is rarer than gold, heavier, much harder and used in a purer form (usually 95%). Platinum is therefore much more expensive than gold.

The advantages of white gold over platinum when used in jewellery is that it is much more affordable. However, you may need to re-coat the item in Rhodium once or twice a year as wear and tear rubs away the coating and the pale, dull yellow gold becomes visible.

Platinum jewellery is initially more expensive, but it can be argued is more cost effective in the long run as when it scratches or becomes worn, it does not need to be re-coated.

Therefore, my metal of choice for jewellery is platinum. It does not only feel more substantial (as is heavier than gold), it is rarer and also more practical. Besides, when you buy an expensive piece of diamond jewellery, you want to know that you have bought the best!

Gary Ingram runs The Diamond Store.co.uk which is full of information and advice on buying and choosing Diamond Jewellery

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