Is a platinum setting really worth the price increase over gold? What are the advantages of platinum?
Platinum definitely is more expensive than gold. The question as to whether it’s worth the price increase depends on what you’re looking for. If you like the idea of purity, you can’t get that with gold, because pure gold will bend very easily and jewelry can’t be made out of it. So they have to add harder metals to the setting, and 18K gold is only 75% gold. Platinum is also 30 times more rare and 4x more durable on the Mohs hardness scale. The most obvious advantage is that it needs no maintenance and doesn’t need any rhodium plating like gold does after years of wear. If you don’t need a more durable ring, stick with the classic gold.
Here’s a link to a platinum engagement ring versus a gold engagement ring with a price difference of $650.
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