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In the jewelry industry
the platinum is (compared to the silver), a unique, expensive material.
It has the many good properties of precious-materials, and it's price
is much higher. It requires special tools, special welding-machines,
knowledge and foresight.
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There are six precious-metal
(Ir, Os, Rh, Pt, Pl, Ru). Their properties are very common (color,
consistency), on the other hand they act differently as alloys
or base-metals. The most common is the Rhodium and Platinum.
The Rhodium is used for galvanization and for electrolysis.
It prevents the wear-off or discoloration. Platinum is used
as base-material, it is very expensive and hard to work with.
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Platinum has great wear-resistance,
but not hard. More like soft, white-gray metal. It's consistency
is higher than gold's, it's heavier than a same jewelry. It
is tractable, and it's used in expensive, diamond-jewelries.
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Some turn-on:
To hammering certain platinum-alloys,
they will get magnetic property; after heating they will loose
them. Gold inlays are common in platinum jewelries. passing
of the years, the gem-socket will be stronger and better,
because the mechanical and external impacts will push the
metal above the stone..
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In one word platinum
is a spectacular-metal. Only spectacular jewelries can be made
from platinum. Right now it is not very popular, but it's price,
quality and lifetime will make it fashionable.
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