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Tiffany & Co is a very well known designer firm which produces many different types of products. They are well known for producing fancy pieces of jewelry which are made to a very high standard. Many pieces of tiffany jewelry include beautiful diamonds. They produce very attractive designs which are popular to a great number of people.

Master of Diamonds

Charles Lewis Tiffany is a master with diamonds! He was even called the King of Diamonds. The king of diamonds opened the first store with John B Young in 1837. The store was originally called Tiffany & Young, but later changed the name to Tiffany & co when Charles Tiffany brought his partner out.

Silver Jewelry and Early Goods

There are many beautiful pieces of silver tiffany jewelry which are made by tiffany & co. Their early vintage pieces are still very popular among lovers of the classic designs. You can find many different antique pieces of  tiffany jewelry, even the ones that come in the classic light blue boxes are still available. The light blue colored packaging is still used with modern tiffany & co jewelry. You can find inexpensive Tiffany promise rings and even have the salesperson explain the traditional meaning of such rings.

Early designs of Tiffany & Co include many things such as silver jewelry, silver cups, and presentation saucers. During the 1800’s there were a lot of popular souvenir spoons which were made by many other manufacturers including Tiffany & Co.

Do not confuse the term carat as it applies to gemstones like Tiffany diamonds. Gemstone carats refer to the weight of the stone and are not a reflection of purity. As with any type of gold Tiffany jewelry, the more carats, the purer the gold is. Eighteen carat gold contains approximately seventy percent gold and twenty five percent of another base metal. Common base metal alloys are silver, zinc, nickel and copper.
The process of combining metals is known as alloying. This is a very common metallurgical process that bonds one or metal elements to form a compound. In the manufacturing of white gold, pure gold is alloyed with other metal elements such as nickel, silver or palladium. The higher the gold content the more likely it is that the white gold will appear to have a yellowish hue.

In order to achieve a uniform white color, white gold is always plated with a thin coat of rhodium. Rhodium is a metal that helps to enhance white gold in several ways. Since rhodium is a hard metal element, the coat of rhodium plating makes white gold tiffany jewelry more durable. Rhodium also imparts a very bright shine and gives the gold a white coloration similar to platinum.

Depending on the age of your white gold tiffany jewelry, you may notice that it loses some of its luster over time. If the piece looks dull it is the result of rhodium plating being worn. There is a way to restore the piece to its original luster and whiteness. Many jewelers offer plating service where more rhodium plating is added. This is a common and relatively inexpensive process compared to buying a replacement jewelry piece.