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Rhodium, a chemical element generally obtained commercially from platinum or nickel ores as a by product of the extraction of nickel and copper from their respective ores, has the chemical symbol Rh and the atomic number 45, in the periodic table. Discovered in 1803 by the British scientist, William H Wollaston, it is often utilised as an alloying agent to harden platinum.

Also, rhodium is frequently used to electroplate jewellery and interestingly even more frequently, as the catalyst in catalytic converters for cars with around 85% of the world rhodium production being used in this way. The idea behind rhodium electroplating, or rhodium flashing as it is known usually within the jewellery business, is to try to enhance the reflectivity of the ring in order to make the diamonds appear more brilliant and more reflective. This may well work initially, but do beware that the rhodium plating will tire and wear off over time and will then need to be reapplied. This will be most noticeable on the portions of the ring which receive the most wear and which will then start to look pale yellow in colour instead of the bright white which it should be.

It is an industry standard procedure to rhodium-plate white gold rings and wedding bands because the ‘white’ of white gold is not a pure white (read more). THe rings are electroplated with a thin rhodium layer in an attempt to improve their general optical impression and it is also sometimes used on sterling silver to help to reduce tarnishing as rhodium is known to resist corrosion by the atmosphere at room temperature. When applied, the rhodium plating leaves a temporary protective coating of about the thickness of a micron on standard white gold, but at almost twice the price of platinum and three to four times the cost of gold, rhodium is a very expensive and rare metal.

We manufacture mainly in platinum, however we do make in 18ct. white gold  and that requires rhodium plating, but we do strongly recommend the selection of firstly platinum and secondly palladium over rhodium plating.

Especially when there is a better way at DiamondGeezer.com!

DiamondGeezer.com also own a fashion jewellery website called Lovingthebead.com specialising in charms, beads & charm bracelets. Lovingthebead.com also sell a beautiful collection of fashion jewellery available to buy on line or from their small shop based in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. Along with launching their new website this week, Lovingthebead.com have also launched their new & exciting collection of Swarovski Crystal ‘Pile Up’ Stacking Rings made in 925 sterling silver. Lovingthebead.com Swarovski Crystal Stacking Rings can be worn on their own with no end of choice of colours, shapes and styles which you can then build up with other stacking rings to create a set. The set will almost look like you bought the ring as one piece when in fact you can chop and change the order you wear your stacking rings or change how many stacking rings you want to make your ring look bigger or smaller.

Available on Amazon & soon to be launched on the brand new Lovingthebead.com website these unique stacking rings are not to be missed!

DiamondGeezer.com will be launching their new range of Swarovski Crystal designer stacking rings on or before 1st May 2012. DiamondGeezer.com Stacking rings are the perfect gift as you can just keep stacking. Set in sterling silver, there’s a beautiful range of Swarovski Crystals in an exciting collection of different shapes to make the DiamondGeezer.com stacking rings stand out from all the rest.

Stacking rings can be worn on their own with no end of choice of colours, shapes and styles which you can then build up with other stacking rings to create a set. The set will almost look like you bought the ring as one piece when in fact you can chop and change the order you wear your stacking rings or change how many stacking rings you want to make your ring look bigger or smaller.

Here are a few tips to make your DiamondGeezer.com Stacking Rings that extra bit more special:

• Choose Swarovski Crystals that complement each other in colour – no one wants clashing stacking rings!
• Make sure the rings fit comfortably on top of each other with no gaps between them, that would just look messy
• The designs on your stacking rings should all go well together, different styles might make elements of your ring look out of place

Now you’re ready, keep an eye out for DiamondGeezer.com’s Swarovski Crystal stacking rings then get stacking!