{"id":7281,"date":"2013-07-01T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=7281"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:25:32","slug":"compare-gold-vs-platinum-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/compare-gold-vs-platinum-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPARE GOLD VS PLATINUM PRICES"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gold<\/div>\n

Platinum and Gold are the two most popular and commonly used metals for Engagement Rings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nThey are both pretty Durable, Lustrous, and Jewelers love to work with them.<\/p>\n

\nOn the Moh’s Scale of Hardness<\/a>, Platinum is a 4-4.5<\/strong>, and Gold (Pure 24k Gold<\/strong>) is only a 2.5-3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nPlatinum is much more Rare than Gold… Extremely Rare. This Rarity, plus it’s added Durability and Hardness keeps the price of Platinum high. <\/p>\n

\nWhen you compare the prices of Platinum Rings and Mountings versus Gold, you’ll see that Platinum is generally 3.5-4 times as expensive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nSo let’s compare rings and different styles of mountings from some of the leading Jewelry Stores<\/strong> so you can see for yourself the price differences…<\/p>\n

James Allen<\/h2>\n

\n\"James<\/p>\n

\n\"James<\/p>\n

Reeds Jewelers<\/h2>\n

\n\"Reeds<\/p>\n

Blue Nile<\/h2>\n

\n\"Blue<\/p>\n

Fred Meyers, Helzberg, Kays, Zales, and Jareds<\/h2>\n

\n\"Gold<\/p>\n

Amazon Gold vs Platinum Prices<\/h2>\n

\n\"Amazon<\/p>\n

All of these Mountings can be found here:<\/h2>\n

\nJames Allen – 14k Solitaire Mounting<\/a> – Platinum Mounting<\/a> – 14k Cathedral<\/a> – Platinum<\/a>
\nReeds Jewelers – 14k White Gold Mounting<\/a> – Platinum Mounting<\/a>
\nBlue Nile – 14k White Gold Mounting<\/a> – Platinum Mounting<\/a>
\nFred Meyer Jewelers – 14k White Gold Mounting<\/a>
\nHelzberg Diamond Jewelers – 14k White Gold Mounting<\/a>
\nKay Jewelers – 14k White Gold Solitaire Mounting<\/a>
\nZales Jewelers – 14k White Gold Mounting<\/a>
\nAmazon – 14k White Gold Mountings<\/a>\"\" – Platinum Mountings<\/a>\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Platinum is Pure!<\/h2>\n

\nPlatinum is a pure metal (no alloys or additives added<\/strong>), while Gold is mixed with 3-4 other Metals like Nickel, Copper, Silver and Zinc<\/strong>, that makes Gold much more Durable for Jewelry. Otherwise it would be too soft to hold in your Gemstones or Diamonds.<\/p>\n

\nSo combine the Purity of Platinum, it’s Hardness, along with it’s crazy history of being pulled from the Jewelry Stores to use for the Wars<\/strong>, as well as how incredibly Rare it is, it’s easy to understand why Platinum deserves it’s higher price tag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nNot to mention the fact that Platinum lasts longer than Gold (doesn’t wear down as fast<\/strong>), and it resists scratches better.<\/p>\n

But is it worth 3.5-4 times the Price?<\/h2>\n

\nAbsolutely! <\/p>\n

\nBut then again, only you, and your pocket book<\/strong> can decide that! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Platinum and Gold are the two most popular and commonly used metals for Engagement Rings. They are both pretty Durable, Lustrous, and Jewelers love to work with them. On the Moh’s Scale of Hardness, Platinum [Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jewelry","category-metals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}