Jewel Posts

You must be busy putting together your festival ensemble. Gold definitely must be on your mind. But I suggest, it’s time look beyond the yellow sheen of gold. Agreed, gold is auspicious and therefore, you cannot do away with it completely. How about options that offers auspiciousness of gold as well as trendy shades. Yes, you read that right. This middle path takes you to the alluring world of gold alloys – rose gold is the one about which I recently posted and the other one is white gold; essentially a silver-coloured alloy of gold with nickel, platinum or another metal. While the former is in pinkish shade due to the content of copper, the latter mix achieves a white silvery tone. Impact? They are so versatile that go well with your causal, formal as well as traditional looks and therefore, are in vogue and resonate well with the millennial women too. As a result, jewellers  also sell rose gold as well as white gold version of each of their jewel available in pur...

India's obsession with gold's purity is well known. We are so crazy about this yellow metal that even the sparkle of diamonds, rubies and emeralds do not appeal us as much. Reason? The religious beliefs that gold is auspicious and is a symbol of wealth. Owing to this traditional view, Indians could not look beyond pure gold . However, in the recent times, the alloys of gold that are nothing like the original gold, are finding their feet. Before we delve into why their is a growth in popularity of its alloys let us first know which are they and how are they obtained.  FYI, rose gold is an alloy that is pinkish in colour. It is obtained by adding 25% copper in gold and with that, 14K gold jewellery is created. The elegant look and feel of the alloy has appealed to jewellery enthusiasts so much that rose gold jewellery now also comes studded with diamonds and other precious stones.  Besides rose gold, white gold is also a popular alloy of gold. It is...