The seven characteristics of platinum

1. Alloy platinum with the highest purity contains 95% pure platinum while 18K gold contains 75% gold. Therefore, a platinum jewelry has a higher purity than gold jewelry.

2. Platinum is the rarest material. Every year, 140 tons of platinum are produced in the world while gold has an annual capacity of 3300 tons.

3. It can only be processed and made by skillful craftsman for platinum has a higher melting point compared with gold, so there are more skill and technical requirements for workers.

4. Platinum is the most stable material. It has the strongest resistance to acid, alkali and high temperature, without fading or changing colour. Platinum ring generally does not deform.

5. Good lustre and ductility. Platinum possesses natural glossy in the colour of white without affecting the color of the gems and it can make gems release brilliance and "fire". Besides, good ductility makes it suitable for processing.

6. Platinum never cause allergic reaction to people who wear jewelries

7. Platinum is precious and outstanding.

Maintenance
 
When the beautiful elegant platinum jewelry brings you good feelings, have you ever considered how to take care of your beloved jewelries to make it look like brand new for you? Here we are going to teach you simple common sense for maintaining platinum.

1. Please place the platinum jewelry in independent jewelry boxes or chamois leather bags to prevent scratches on other jewelries.
2. Please place the valuable jewelries in a safe place and buy enough insurance. If you do not know much about your jewelries’ value, please bring them to a local jeweler to estimate.
3. Please clean your platinum jewelries regularly to ensure the best gloss of jewelries abd to make it more enduring.
4. The cleaning method of platinum jewelries is the same with other precious jewelries: please use the jewelry detergent available in the market, or put jewelries in the warm water with soap, then gently wipe with a soft cloth.
5. Please do professional cleaning for your platinum jewelries on a regular basis. For platinum jewelries inset with gems, it needs to be cleaned every six months
6. Please have qualified jeweler to adjust, polish and clean your jewelries and correct the sizes of your jewelries. Make sure that the jeweler has trained platinum fitter.
7. If there are visible scratches, please burnish your platinum jewelries in qualified jeweler. All precious metals may leave scratches and platinum is not exceptional. However, scratches on platinum will only change its shape will not reduce the volume.
8. Please note that with time passing, there will be natural oxide layers on the surface of platinum, lots of people may prefer the surface just polished. If that happens, please carry your platinum jewelries to a qualified jeweler to re-polish it again to make it extremely bright.
9. Please don't wear a platinum jewelry during household cleaning, gardening and other types of heavy works or physical activities.
10. Please don't contact bleaching or irritating chemicals when you are wearing a platinum jewelry. Although they are not harmful to platinum, chemicals might harm diamonds or change the colour of gems.