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What Is Palladium? How Does It Compare With Platinum & Gold?

Given that we now offer all of our engagement rings in precious palladium, I thought it would be appropriate to briefly outline the properties of this metal in relation to gold and platinum.

Purity

Palladium is from the same precious metal family as platinum at significantly lower prices.
Palladium is 95% pure.


White

Palladium, (unlike yellow gold which has been rhodium plated to create "white gold") is actually a naturally white metal (similar to platinum). It is hypo-allergenic, nickel free, and requires no rhodium plating.


Precious

Palladium is 30 times more rare than gold and shares the lustre of platinum (at a fraction of the price).


Strong


Palladium wears exceptionally well and does not suffer from porosity and prong failure.


Posted by Judah Gutwein on July 30, 2007 6:51 PM in Precious Metals | Comments (2)

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How does the weight of Palladium compare to Platinum? Also does Palladium get patina?

Posted by: Sam on August 21, 2007 2:28 AM

Palladium is significantly lighter than platinum.
It does not develop the same patina.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Posted by: Judah on August 21, 2007 11:32 AM

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