| Precious metals are ideal for creating
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| | lower percentages of gold and higher
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| beautiful jewelry due in part to their
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| | proportions of other metals.
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| resistance to corrosion. Since precious
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| | -Silver: Second to gold in malleability
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| metals have an unreactive and
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| | and ductility, silver is anther precious
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| oxidation-resistant nature, they fall
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| | metal popular for use in jewelry. Silver
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| into the category of noble metals. Such
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| | is also commonly alloyed with other
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| precious metals with which you may be
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| | metals to create jewelry, with the
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| familiar include gold, silver, and
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| | popular sterling silver consisting of a
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| platinum, but palladium, rhodium,
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| | combination of 92.5 percent silver with a
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| iridium, osmium and ruthenium are other
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| | relatively small 7.5 percent of another
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| precious metals commonly incorporated
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| | metal, typically copper. Being a superior
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| into jewelry such as diamond rings,
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| | conductor of heat and electricity, silver
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| eternity rings, promise rings and right
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| | has numerous applications beyond jewelry
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| hand rings. The system of measurement for
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| | making, such as coins, dentistry tools,
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| the weight of precious metals is troy
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| | silverware, film and electronics.
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| weight, in which one troy ounce equates
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| | Platinum: Rarer than silver and gold,
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| to approximately 1.1 standard ounces and
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| | platinum is a durable precious metal
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| twelve ounces make up one troy pound.
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| | common for eternity rings, engagement
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| Precious metals can be combined to form
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| | rings and wedding bands due to its
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| what are known as alloys, often for the
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| | resilience even with constant use.
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| purpose of reducing cost or producing a
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| | Iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium
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| metal sturdier than any one element
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| | and osmium are other precious metals in
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| alone. Here we examine the major precious
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| | the Platinum Group of Metals, which occur
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| metals used in the crafting of fine
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| | together naturally. Palladium is the
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| jewelry:
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| | metal often mixed with yellow gold to
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| -Gold: The most malleable and ductile of
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| | make white gold, and rodium is used
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| the precious metals, gold can be readily
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| | extensively to plate white gold to give
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| flattened into thin sheets and stretched
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| | it that extra white brightness. The
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| into thin wire, which makes it a
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| | metals in the Platinum Group of Metals
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| versatile and popular choice for jewelry
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| | are resilient, tarnish resistant and
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| creation. Gold is often alloyed with
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| | stable, making them popular for use not
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| other metals for cost reduction and to
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| | only in jewelry but also in numerous
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| increase the strength of the final
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| | industrial processes such as crude oil
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| product. In pure form, gold is measured
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| | refining and automobile manufacturing.
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| in troy weight, but as an alloy with
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| | The end price of jewelry that can be
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| other metals its weight is measured in
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| | attributed to precious metals depends not
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| karats. For gold, the karat weight
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| | just on the pureness and rarity of the
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| specifies the amount of pure gold
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| | metal, but also the craftsperson's skill
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| present, with 24 karat being pure gold
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| | level, the intricacy of the piece and
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| and smaller karat weights designating
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| | labor.
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