Choosing a precious metal for your engagement ring or wedding band can be a difficult choice for some couples. Some people like white gold because they desire the value of a precious metal and they would prefer a white colored metal; however, white gold is not a true white metal. It is actually yellow gold mixed with white metal alloys, such as nickel. In fact, 14K white gold is only 58% pure gold and requires rhodium plating to make the ring look white in color. Rhodium plating wears off over time and the average cost to have a ring re-rhodium plated is $50.

Palladium is 95% pure and is a naturally white precious metal, so it will never need to be rhodium plated and will remain white forever. The purity of palladium makes it hypoallergenic – unlike white gold rings. Palladium is harder than white gold too, making palladium rings and wedding bands incredibly durable. Without any alloys that can tarnish and cause spotting, palladium rings are virtually tarnish proof. Palladium rings have better luster and shine than does a white gold ring. Because the metal holds up to friction better than white gold, a palladium prong will hold up much better than does a white gold prong and is the best way to secure your valuable diamonds.

So how does palladium stack up against the highly desirable and highly expensive platinum metal? Palladium is actually part of the platinum metal group and they are mined together during the same process in less than a half-dozen regions around the world. Palladium rings exhibit the same features and physical properties of platinum since both are naturally white, durable, hard, hypoallergenic, and tarnish-proof, yet palladium is only a portion of the price. Palladium offers the best of both worlds with the look of platinum at a much more manageable price. In fact, a ring made of palladium would cost about 1/5th of the price of an identical ring made from platinum.

Palladium rings are an inexpensive alternative to white gold or platinum. Palladium is an extremely rare metal, much more so than gold. It is one of the whitest of all metals and consequently yields wedding bands of extraordinary and uncommon beauty. When considering the values and properties of all the white precious metal choices, palladium is the perfect choice!

By James Wade writer for Palladium Rings Online

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Keeping up with the times for a modern marriage a wedding planner in Singapore understands that most couples have known each other for several years and not for the traditional view of marriage where, in some cultures, the couple has only known each other for a few days. The modern trends reveal just how marriage, in the past few decades, have not been traditional. For instance, the Prenuptial agreements are a new development introduced in the 70′s. The Prenuptials serve to protect both parties properties and finances and are becoming more popular. There is the controversial ‘same-sex’ marriage, which isn’t recognized as legal in Singapore, but it is being discussed. Another modern phenomena is how couples getting married are older compared to 40 years ago and as far as religious ceremonies go, most wedding events celebrate not through religious traditions, but through exchanging vows, simple pledges, or commitment ceremonies in front of friends and family. In today’s world, marriage is now a question of love instead of arrangements by families. Today there is more freedom for couples to make their own choice.

For a more traditional Singapore wedding ceremonies, well, most marriages are no longer being arranged between two families. In the past, arranged marriages were for financial gain and not for love. If one happened to fall in love with the arranged spouse, then this was considered a miracle, but in most arranged marriages, the couple lived in a symbolic relationship and love was not an aspect.

So when considering hiring a wedding planner Singapore can offer you a wide range of experts, but it is wise to pick a wedding planner that either will understands the art of a traditional wedding, or a planner that knows how to bring the modern into a traditional style, or a wedding planner that will expertly blow out the cobwebs of the traditional wedding so that both sides of the wedding couples families will appreciate the beauty and necessity of a modern wedding ceremony in today’s world.

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