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Our metal guide will provide you with some key features of each precious metal used to craft our jewellery. Ideal for allowing you to select something that will be with you for a lifetime
Type Of Plating
Rhodium Plating
What Is Rhodium?
Rhodium is ten times more expensive than gold. It is not suitable for jewellery due to the prohibitive processing feasibility for jewellery-making. Rhodium is very brittle and stressed and cannot be crafted or moulded.
What Is Rhodium Plating?
Rhodium plating is the process of coating a layer of rhodium onto the jewellery metal. Rhodium plating gives jewellery a high, bright, white and mirror-like finishing. Rhodium plating can be of many different colours like hair colour including black rhodium plating.
Gold Vs Rhodium Plating
Gold plating is mainly used when the main metal is white and needs to be transformed into a more yellow colour. Rhodium plating is mainly used to make white gold metal and to give it a 100% white and bright look.
Gold Plating
What Is Gold Plating?
It is the process of coating a thin layer of gold onto other jewellery metals. This is highly popular for adding colour to precious and semi-precious jewellery.
What Is Vermeil
Vermeil is a French word used for gold plated silver. Traditionally, it is called silver-gilt. With a thick layer of gold-coated over silver, it is very popular and ideal for jewellery. It is significantly less expensive than gold jewellery and can be used to protect silver from tarnishing and other reactions.
Conversion Chart For Precious Metal Weight - Weight Units Conversion
Precious Metal Weight Conversion Chart
Let's convert 3gms 9kt white gold weight in 18kt white gold using a conversion chart. Follow the below steps to convert the weight.
Step 1. Select the type of metal you prefer for your item. For example, you may choose 9ct white gold, which is located on the left-hand side.
Step 2. Locate the metal on the chart's top to convert weight, like 18Kt White Gold.
Step 3. Multiply the weight of the item by 1.32 (3gms we want to convert).
An item weighing 3 grams in 9 karat white gold would be equivalent to 3.96 grams (3 x 1.32 = 3.96g) in 18 karat white gold.
| Palladium (950) |
Platinum (950) |
22ct Yellow Gold |
18ct White Gold |
18ct Rose Gold |
18ct Yellow Gold |
9ct White Gold |
9ct Rose Gold |
9ct Yellow Gold |
Sterling Silver |
Wax / Resin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wax / Resin | 12 | 21.211 | 18.737 | 16.632 | 15.948 | 16.422 | 13.264 | 11.895 | 11.685 | 10.895 | 1 |
| Sterling Silver | 1.101 | 1.98 | 1.745 | 1.545 | 1.48 | 1.525 | 1.225 | 1.095 | 1.075 | 1 | 0.092 |
| 9ct Yellow Gold | 1.027 | 1.905 | 1.67 | 1.47 | 1.405 | 1.45 | 1.15 | 1.075 | 1 | 0.933 | 0.086 |
| 9ct Rose Gold | 1.009 | 1.885 | 1.65 | 1.45 | 1.385 | 1.43 | 1.13 | 1 | 0.983 | 0.916 | 0.085 |
| 9ct White Gold | 0.905 | 1.755 | 1.52 | 1.32 | 1.255 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.897 | 0.881 | 0.822 | 0.076 |
| 18ct Yellow Gold | 0.731 | 1.455 | 1.22 | 1.02 | 0.972 | 1 | 0.808 | 0.725 | 0.712 | 0.0664 | 0.061 |
| 18ct Rose Gold | 0.752 | 1.5 | 1.265 | 1.065 | 1 | 1.03 | 0.832 | 0.746 | 0.733 | 0.684 | 0.063 |
| 18ct White Gold | 0.722 | 1.435 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.959 | 0.988 | 0.798 | 0.716 | 0.703 | 0.656 | 0.061 |
| 22ct Yellow Gold | 0.64 | 1.235 | 1 | 0.888 | 0.852 | 0.877 | 0.708 | 0.635 | 0.624 | 0.582 | 0.054 |
| Platinum (950) | 0.566 | 1 | 0.884 | 0.785 | 0.752 | 0.775 | 0.626 | 0.561 | 0.551 | 0.514 | 0.048 |
| Palladium (950) | 1 | 1.768 | 1.561 | 1.386 | 1.329 | 1.369 | 1.105 | 0.991 | 0.974 | 0.908 |
Metal Weight Calculator
