White gold earrings - gold jewellery, that looks like silver!

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If you want to buy a new pair of earrings and you cannot decide between the classical gold and silver, white gold earrings are the answer. It is made of gold and looks like silver.

White gold has become popular during the 1920's when people were looking for a cheap substitute to platinum. White gold contains mainly gold with alloys of nickel, copper, zinc and palladium which is quite close to platinum. Copper does not tend to whiten, but is used to improve the ductility of most white gold alloys, the nickel has a bleaching effect and is the one that gives the whiteness of the metal. A metal called rhodium is applied to the white gold to give it an appearance of whiteness.

In order to embellish white gold, you could choose some drop earrings which will look fantastic with diamonds. Recently earrings have been very popular with men and they particularly like wearing white gold stud earrings .

White gold earrings are particularly well associated with a casual outfit. The colour unified perfectly with a pair of jeans and that street wear look is extremely trendy at the moment. Do not forget that you can always match your earrings with a white gold necklace or bracelet. Having a complete set is always a good fashionable option.

If you notice that your white gold earrings are not as shining as they once were, you can bring them to your jeweller and he will be able to polish them in order to have the rhodium plating redone to restore the brightness of the metal. You will need to store your earrings separately in their original soft pouch.

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