Platinum restrictions during wartime in the early twentieth century created the conditions for white gold's invention. It became a substitute that outlasted the shortage by a century and a fine jewelry standard in its own right.
Care & Keeping
Cleaning 18kt white gold is straightforward: warm water and a soft brush preserve the surface finish for regular maintenance, and a jeweler can restore the rhodium plating to its original brightness periodically when it begins to wear.
Stone Story
Natural diamond formation occurs under conditions of geological variability that produce individual variation in every stone. The specific inclusions, growth patterns, fluorescence character, and crystal morphology of a mined diamond reflect the precise mantle environment in which it formed. No two natural diamonds share the same combination of these characteristics, a uniqueness that the controlled and reproducible conditions of laboratory diamond production are specifically designed to minimize.