Identify and Characterize Platinum Alloys

Quality Assurance Benchmarks highlight workmanship of semi-finished and finished jewelry. Learn how to identify and characterize platinum alloys.

Front view of platinum “J” hoop earrings designed by Erik Stewart, featuring a variety of small, bezel-set colored stones and circles of different sizes that use negative space as a design motif.

Identification of Specific Platinum Alloys

When altering platinum jewelry, it is important to work with like platinum alloys that match the original piece.

Perspective view of platinum ring designed by Sylvie, featuring a flower-shaped diamond halo surrounding a large center diamond, and diamonds set halfway down the shank.

Featured Quality Assurance Benchmarks

Best Practices for Wearing Platinum Rings with Gemstones Set in the Shank

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    Evaluate the quality of platinum jewelry that has been worn and then refinished.

    Refinish Worn Platinum Jewelry
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      Learn how to evaluate the quality of a platinum ring that has been prefinished, polished, and buffed.

      Prefinish and Finish Platinum
      Evaluate a prefinished, polished, and buffed platinum ring


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        Quality of Platinum Jewelry that was Furbished by Burnishing

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          Identify and Characterize Platinum Alloys