Be careful - Platinum Quality Can Vary in Jewellery

Platinum has become a popular choice for jewellery due to its power, durability, and marketing efforts of the platinum industry in recent years. Platinum is three times more luxurious than gold.
Jewellers forcefully market it because they make three times the profit on every platinum item they sell compared to gold. Platinum is a naturally white, lustrous metal that is long lasting.
Sometimes the claims of strength and scratch confrontation are overstated. Like all precious metals, platinum will scratch. A platinum scratch is different from white gold because it simply “plows” the metal instead of remove it.
Traditionally, jewellery manufacturers used platinum alloyed with metals from the platinum group metals (iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and ruthenium). With the proper mix of these platinum group alloys, platinum becomes one of the hardest metals making it a strong and durable jewellery metal. Platinum will not rust or corrode and the platinum family metals make it hypoallergenic and ideal for persons with sensitive skin.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines for platinum jewellery state that only items consisting of 950 part per thousand of pure platinum can be marked stamped “PLATINUM” or “PLAT” without more alloy information. From 750-950 Platinum, the platinum group metals must also be indicated. For example, PLAT900IRID for 10% Iridium alloy. In the past, the most common alloys in America were 95% Platinum with 5% Ruthenium or 5% Cobalt and 90% Platinum with 10% Iridium.

Men's Platinum Rings

Platinum is a rare, very long wearing, natural white luster metal. However, it can be used in its purest form when used in jewellery. Platinum does not require being rhodium plated like white gold.

One advantage of platinum rings is that they can be cut-off the finger in the event of an urgent situation.
Since platinum is a very dense, heavy metal, so a platinum ring is usually heavier than an 18ct gold ring. Platinum is also more durable than gold and so is more favored for wedding bands.

Platinum is very expensive
Though, because of all these positive individuality of platinum, it is appreciably more luxurious than gold, approximately twice the price of an 18ct white gold ring.
Platinum provides an brilliant background for diamonds but is equally elegant alone. Most men prefer platinum wedding bands, if they can afford it, because of its smooth beauty, and hypoallergenic proprieties.
Taking into account it’s rarity and cost, the selection of men's platinum wedding rings is clearly smaller than the ranges available for gold and titanium rings.
Most men, when choosing a platinum wedding band, tend to opt for the simpler version, even though platinum allows for maximum versatility.
A simple platinum men’s wedding band can be bought for as much as about $145 with no specific higher range. Most platinum rings are made on a thick extruded blank. It is suggested to ask the vendors to clearly display the thickness and the weigh of the rings.
Platinum rings can be made with a comfort-fit also for more comfortable wearing. Platinum rings can be set with precious stones, like Rubies or Blue Sapphires, instead of diamonds, or a combination of precious stones and diamonds.