Facts About Platinum Which You Must Know

Purity of Platinum

While buying platinum, you need to careful about the purity of the metal. Platinum are mixed with metals like iridium, palladium, ruthenium and rhodium to make jewelries. These metals cost less than platinum. Hence make sure that the jeweler quotes lesser price for the jewelries than that of pure platinum in the market.

Making Charges of Platinum

"Platinum is much harder than gold and needs a very high temperature to melt it. Therefore, platinum jewellery is made only in a few places, which pushes up the labour cost," explains Hasmukh Bafna, president, Gold Chains & Jewellery Wholesalers Welfare Association, quoted by indiatimes.com.

Platinum is also thicker than gold (an identical ring in platinum would be around 40 percent heavier than the one in gold) and, hence, are more expensive. However, it’s making charges will vary depending on the size and design of the jewellery.

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