White Gold Jewelry Beginnings

Gold rings are some of the most popular jewelry items in the world today, and this is not confined to the yellow gold that we are all familiar with.White gold rings have been catching up on yellow gold rings for a while now.White gold rings are interesting for a variety of reasons, such as the fact that they are white metals as opposed to the yellow of naturally occurring gold.It is also known that white metal jewelry, such as white gold rings, are more effective at displaying diamonds than yellow gold.A look into the history of white gold rings reveals a fascinating study of western history over the past century.

White gold as used in white gold rings and other jewelry, was first crafted in the 1920s.White gold rings find their origins even earlier in the century, however.At the beginning of the 20th century, platinum began to be widely used in platinum rings and other jewelry items, about twenty years before white gold was discovered for white gold rings.Platinum had been known for centuries, and had been used for jewelry prior to this, but the early days of the 20th century brought in new metallurgical technology that allowed platinum to be more easily utilized in jewelry.During WWI platinum was requisitioned for war usage only, but the jewelry market had developed a demand for the white metal.White gold, for such jewelry as white gold rings, was developed as an answer to the loss of platinum.

During the 1920s, jewelers discovered that by alloying yellow gold with white metals such as nickel, silver and palladium, they could produce a white gold for white gold rings and other jewelry.The new white gold rings closely rivaled platinum rings on a few key points.For one, white gold rings could be produced even during the onset of WWII.Learning from the prohibition of platinum for jewelry use during WWI, jewelers realized that they needed a white metal, such white gold for white gold rings, which could be used even when the government outlawed the private use of platinum.The second reason for the development of white gold rings came from another angle along the economic spectrum.Platinum is two to three times as expensive as white gold, making white gold rings far less expensive than platinum rings.

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