What is the difference between white gold and sterling silver ???

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   ryankettposted 13 years ago

   Reported as spam

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      recommend1posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      linked white spam or linked sterling spam ?

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         oceansnsunsetsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         lolll

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         Tammy Favataposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         ha ha

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      mistyhorizon2003posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I now so want a ring made of 'spam', imagine that, I had no idea that white gold and sterling silver were both spam, I thought you just ate it in sandwiches (if desperate)

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   melporposted 13 years ago

   White gold is a mixture of some silver, nickel or zinc combined with a little copper to give the alloy a yellowish color  and this alloy is added to gold to make white gold. Sterling silver is practically all silver.

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      The zinc is usually added to harden the metal, so a small amount of zinc would be added to the alloy.

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   Ellarose92posted 13 years ago

   Ive always wondered this same question haha. i link just plain gold or sterling silver

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   One is gold and one is silver. I thought this would be self explanatory.

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   melporposted 13 years ago

   Cagsil, gold is not 100% gold unless it is 24 KT gold. Anything less will be gold mixed with other metals such as copper, silver, zinc, and nickel.  Sterling silver is about 93%  silver and the other 3% is usually copper.

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      Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Melpor, I don't really care. But, thank you for the lesson.

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   Tammy Favataposted 13 years ago

   My wedding ring is white gold. They told me that it was actually yellow gold mixed with nickel. Then they dipped into something to "Rotiam Plate ii"??? ..... That's what the jeweler told me.

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      Ken Thibadoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      White gold alloy used to be mostly a mix of gold and nickel, however some people are allergic to the mix (the reaction is called "nickel itch" actually).
      
      So typically, if you bought your ring within the last decade it has less nickel in it to cut down on nickel itch and a certain amount of brittleness that a nickel heavy alloy is susceptible to.  The newer alloys have caused complaints that they are too yellowy.  As a result white gold is constantly being tinkered with to find a brighter whiter white (like light-bulbs!)
      
      Rhodium is actually in the platinum family, which is where it gets its white color from.  But rhodium as a metal is too brittle to work with, however it works very well with electroplating, which is what your jeweler did to make it top white.

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   Powerpoe1posted 13 years ago

   Gold is very mallable, it has to be mixed with a metal to add strength. However, gold is yellow but mixed with other alloys (metals) it turns white, but not a bright white. Rhodium plating is a process that only takes a few minutes. It's a liquid solution and many refer to it as a dip. But, it works like electrolysis and it makes the ring shiny.
   Available in the USA
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   platinum- hypo allgernic

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   Loving Libertyposted 13 years ago

   A combination of differnt alloys to get the properties desired.

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   georgetilyouposted 12 years ago

   gold comes out of the ground never pure but 3 colors.  yellow the most common. white  and green.

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