Palladium & Rhodium Plated Silver Jewelry Facts.

• Most people don't know that there's a huge difference between sterling silver jewelry and rhodium or palladium plated silver jewelry. When i hear jewelry is plated the first thought i have is what's under the plating, and why is it plated in the first place? Two good questions. Good thing the answers are below. 

Is rhodium plated silver jewelry a good pick?

Rhodium plating is done on silver jewelry to increase its shine and make it more scratch resistant. Silver jewelry which has rhodium plating does not discolor or tarnish easily.

Rhodium plating does not last forever. If you wear the silver piece of jewelry on a regular basis, such as rings the plating will start to get worn out. Rings and bracelets are constantly rubbing on your finger or wrist every time you wear it, although earrings and necklaces last  for about a decade. So if you do not wear rhodium plated jewelry regularly, it can last for as long as ten plus years!

So what will you do if you see the plating on your silver jewelry fading? Not to worry. Simply take the silver jewelry to the jeweler and get fresh plating done. The price will depend on how thick you want the rhodium plating to be.

Generally rhodium plating is done to get a shiny look on any metal. But in case of silver, rhodium plating makes silver stronger and scratch resistant. Since silver is a soft and malleable metal, rhodium plating works wonders for the metal.

 Article by http://www.goldstage.net/is-rhodium-plated-silver-jewelry-a-good-pick/   

Palladium versus other jewelry metals

Alone or alloyed with silver or gold, palladium offers some of the same metal working

 properties as other jewelry metals, and remains tarnish free. It also offers jewelers a 

sharply different pricing point than either gold, white gold or platinum. It is more precious 

than silver and whiter than platinum. Because it is also lighter than platinum, nearly half the 

weight, more intricate necklaces and bracelets can be made capable of bearing larger 

gemstones with no gain in overall weight. For the same reason, Palladium can be an 

especially good choice in earrings. With the price of platinum and gold reaching recent 

highs, use of palladium for jewelry has seen renewed interest domestically and abroad. 

Palladium is an excellent material for electroplating, and sees significant use in the plating 

of jewelry.

Article by http://www.palladiumcoins.com/jewelry.html

• Now after reading both articles you might be thinking rhodium plating or palladium plating is the way to go if your interested in silver jewelry because who wants to have to break out the chemicals to clean the tarnish of their silver jewelry. What a pain! 
• This is the reason why All ELLE Jewelry is Rhodium & Palladium plated. ELLE Jewelry is a name that is trusted not only in the jewelry industry but in fashion world wide. ELLE Jewelry is one of the highest quality silver designers on earth. Not even Tiffany's silver jewelry is both rhodium and palladium plated. Buyer beware, you will never have to clean your ELLE Jewelry because of tarnishing.     
• This is just one of the main reasons why we at InStyleSilverJewelry.com believes in ELLE Jewelry.