[Jewelry making - Article 00327] - Re: [Orchid] Is rhodium plating a common practice?

[ARGOODELL]

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    Rhodium is harder (ie more durable) and more expensive - $1800 / tr
    oz than gold - the plating is thin and nearly nonexistant in weight
    to the gold content of the piece. that and the fact that must people
    want WHITE gold not GRAY gold, the business does not feel the need
    to make this practice a "required disclosable fact". 

    Do we next need to disclose for all the vegan jewelry customers out
    there that a (heaven forbid) rawhide mallet might have actually
    touched their precious ring, or that the solder holding the head to
    their ring is not true plumb 14kt but mor along the lines of
    8.19243kt.   

    let not forget my favorite - conflict diamonds.  where's the outcry
    over conflict gold, conflict platinum, conflict oil, coal, water. 

    Andrew Goodell  

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