[Jewelry making - Article 00857] - Re: [Orchid] Rhodium plating with diamonds in situ

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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    The first question coming to mind on this is why is anyone rhodium
    plating a platinum ring?  The only reason to rhodium plate something
    is to make it look whiter but platinum is already a pretty pure
    white.  So probably she had a white gold ring that had yellowed as
    the plating wore off and then probably, yes, it just looks yellowier
    against the now whiter background. Plating should not have altered
    the diamond in any way.  Even if it did effect a fracture filled
    stone (unlikely) that wouldn't make the stone look any different in
    color as fracture filling pretty much only effects the amount of
    visible inclusions in the stone. 

Daniel R. Spirer, GG Spirer Somes
Jewelers 1794 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, 
MA 02140 617-491-6000
spirersomes AT earthlink.net 
www.spirersomes.com


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