Jewelry Tips: Part of the precious metal mystique is tradition–silver and gold have been valued since ancient times. They are rare, but common enough to form a worldwide standard. They are easy to work, they don’t rust, and they are one of the blings in bling-bling (the other being gems). The platinum group joined the precious category because their properties are similar to gold and silver, and they are also very pretty to look upon. Recently, some industrial metals have found their way into bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings because they have advantages over precious metals. Today’s most common jewelry metals are:

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Jewelry Tips: Pearls: Pearls have a relatively low impact on the environment. Cultured (or farmed) pearls have even been used to clean water and reduce heavy-metal pollution.

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Jewelry Tips: Perhaps the ultimate in durable jewelry, tungsten carbide is denser than silver, titanium or steel, harder even than titanium. Tungsten carbide jewelry is also effectively wear proof. Like sapphires or rubies, it is likely only diamonds can scratch them, so a tungsten carbide ring will never lose its polish.

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