Rhodium Plated Sterling Silver Jewelry
Rhodium belongs to the Platinum group of metals. Rhodium plated sterling silver jewelry will not tarnish whereas sterling silver jewelry without rhodium plating will. Rhodium is very expensive, so only a very thin plate is applied to reduce the amount of metal in the jewel. If not subject to excessive friction and wear, rhodium plated sterling silver jewelry will retain it’s look indefinitely. Rhodium plated sterling silver jewelry is the best type of sterling silver jewelry to buy on the market cause it will never tarnish, looks better than real white gold, and a tenth of the price. Rhodium plated sterling silver jewelry looks like white gold jewelry, because white gold jewelry is also plated with rhodium.