| 10 facts about affordable gold or rhodium
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| | it suitable for jewellery products.
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| plaited jewellery that is suitable for
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| | * Rhodium flashing is known in the
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| both casual wear and for special
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| | jewellery trade as the process of
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| occasions, and which does not have to be
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| | electroplating; whereby a white gold
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| stored in a vault!
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| | metal is placed in a rhodium salt
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| * A gemstone is a mineral that has been
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| | solution and when an electrical current
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| cut or faceted then polished, examples of
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| | is passed through the metal the white
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| gemstones are quartz, jasper, amethyst,
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| | gold is coated with a thin layer of
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| Ruby and Malachite.
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| | rhodium. This process gives the rhodium
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| * Facets are flat faces on geometric
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| | plaited metal a highly reflective white
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| shapes, that either occur naturally in
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| | surface.
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| crystalline structures or as in the case
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| | * Rhodium has a Moh's hardness of 6
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| of gemstones are cut into them to improve
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| | compared to Silver and Gold that both
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| their appearance. Faceting is usually
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| | have a Moh's hardness of just 2.5.
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| applied to transparent gemstones.
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| | * Cutting is usually applied to opaque
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| * The Moh's scale of mineral hardness
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| | gemstones that are impenetrable to
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| characterises the scratch resistance of
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| | visible light while faceting is mainly
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| minerals through the ability of a harder
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| | carried out on transparent gems. As
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| material to scratch a softer one.
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| | softer gemstones are more readily
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| * Softer gemstones with a Moh's hardness
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| | scratched so they are shaped and polished
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| scale of less than 7 are easily scratched
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| | in order to reduce any visible signs of
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| by dust and grit. On the Moh scale a
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| | scratching.
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| window pane has a Moh scale rating of
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| | * Rhodium belongs to the group of
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| 5.5, whilst Quartz is 7, Topaz is 8, and
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| | Platinum metals and is considered to be
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| Diamond is 10. In fact Diamond is fifteen
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| | an even more precious metal than silver.
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| times more harder than quartz.
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| | * By definition, a Cabouchon is a
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| * Rhodium is a hard silvery white and
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| | gemstone that has been shaped and
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| durable metal with a high reflectance.
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| | polished making attractive jewellery for
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| The reflective properties of Rhodium make
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| | all occasions.
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