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Also, pictures of different metals together would be loved. :) What sorts of differences would there be? Would one just be brighter than the other or something?
they will wear differently. brand new they will look the same but in a year they will probably be very different.
one will turn yellowish faster then the other. because they wont be the same hardness one will get dings and scratches faster then the other. things like that.
@Statutory Grape: You shouldn't be able to see a difference at all. However... the more gold in a band the less there is of the other metals, thus it is scratched more easily. I doubt it will be a problem with 14k, but if you are really rough on jewelry, you might call and request the 10k for that reason! The 10k is 41.6% pure gold and the 14k is 58.3% pure gold, so it really isn't THAT big of a difference anyways, but the 10k will still be stronger! (this is why you really shouldn't EVER get a ring in 18 or 24k)
@Statutory Grape: hahaha, apparently we replied at the same time.
I'm not sure if they will look the same. 10K yellow gold and 14K yellow gold look different. I would assume it wouldn't matter with white gold though b/c I think white gold is just yellow gold dipped in a solution.
@Statutory Grape: MandaMack is right. The 14K is not as hard it will scratch faster but more importantly because they will continually rub against each other, the 14K band will likely start to wear pretty fast because it is rubbing against a harder metal.
@summerbvt: After two years of constant wear, even my 10k has a few scuffs (not huge or really noticeable unless you look). I am definitely going to call!
One more thing... a lot of white gold rings have rhodium plating, so I would check to see if this is the case with your rings, because then it really doesn't matter which one you get : )
@des_salazar: Well, they're soldering the band to my e-ring so the rubbing wouldn't be a problem (they'd basically become one ring). But the yellowing would really be problematic, then...
@EleanorRigby: white gold actually contains different support metals, typically more silver and nickel or even platinum or palladium, whereas yellow gold has zinc in it. (i'm a geologist so I got all dorky about my rings and what they are made of... hahaha)
I always get self-conscious when people ask what type of metal my ring is, like they're going to think 10k is super-cheap or tacky, LOL. I know it's really dumb, and I love my ring. But just out of curiosity, what metal does everyone have?
I'm a 14K girl according to the inside of my ring. I have heard that the metals scratch differently, but I've never seen it myself.
Also, who asks you what your gold content is?! I've never gotten that question!
@helenberrycrunch: Well, people ask why I have a silver ring and when I correct them and say it's white gold, they go, "Oh, what karat?" Hah!
@Statutory Grape: I guess that makes sense. I've gotten the silver thing, too, since my ring isn't a traditional stone.
@Statutory Grape: Don't worry about what other people think, just tell them it's white gold and that you are really rough on jewelry so you decided to go with 10k. It's a completely valid explanation. Besides, in a few years when you are more settled and it's still a big deal, then just get a new setting! : )
@helenberrycrunch: Ooh, what stone do you have? I have a garnet...so people don't even realize it's an engagement ring.
@summerbvt: I think I'll just stay with my current setting and to hell with the naysayers...it doesn't bug me like it used to. Now I'm just more or less like, "Eh!" ;) I am terribly rough on jewelry, but not as bad as when I was still an art major.
@Statutory Grape: Black onyx. My very favorite stone in the whole wide world!
@Statutory Grape: I have a garnet too! Mine is andradite so it is more of a yellow-gold color instead of the red though. I am really terrible to jewelry as well. My first setting was palladium but I actually had to get it re-set in white gold because scratched it all up. I don't see the point in having a engagement or wedding ring you aren't going to wear for fear of harming it or it getting in the way.
@helenberrycrunch: Oh, onyx is so beautiful. :)
@summerbvt: Yay, garnets! I have a rhodolite, so it's more pinkish than actually red.
You appear to have already made your decision to call, but to asnwer your second question, mine is also white gold, 18k.
...But I've also never had the question of what carat the gold is and I've NEVER had a person ask me if it's silver (not that anything's wrong with silver, but silver is the exception and not the rule in e-rings/wedding rings). I have had some people assume it's platinum, and it's funny--in those cases, *I* am always the one to correct THEM because I love, love, love white gold, as it is, without the rhodium plating. I think it has a beautiful complex nuanced color that reminds me of gunmetal on some days and champagne on others. Sure, my ring is only a year old and has plenty of dings on it, but in the end, I figure it's all part of the record I have of literally living my life with someone I love.
Anyway, don't worry about it being "only 10k"--if your ring suits you and you are happy about it, others--people who really matter anwyay--will be impressed by that, not the percentage of gold that makes up the band.
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Title says it all. My engagement ring is 10k white gold, and I just looked at the invoice for my wedding band, which they're planning on doing in 14k white gold. Is this okay? Will there be a visible difference between the two? I'm wondering if I should call tomorrow to correct the order--I can't believe I didn't catch this on Friday when we put the band on layaway. Argh!
They're custom-making the band for me and it'll be ready by October 29th (yay!), so there's still time to correct it. But should I even bother? I don't really care if they look the same but are actually different. I only care if there's a visible difference, lol.