Palladium allergy free jewelery is a bit of a misnomer. palladium has a number of advantages over white gold in that it is hypoallergenic and does not cause the same reactions that white gold does.

Gold is a soft malleable metal and generally too soft for jewelery so is alloyed or “mixed” with other metals such as silver, copper and nickel to improve its hardness and durability. Unfortunately this also causes allergy reactions, mostly due to the nickel but also silver and copper can cause allergies in some people. Palladium does not have that problem.

Also although palladium is of the platinum family it is much lighter and very suitable for jewelery to replace white gold. It has the same bright white sparkle platinum has but is less than half the price also. It means heavier gemstones can be worn with it and it looks just as wonderful with gemstones as white gold or platinum does.

Palladium does not take a lot of maintaining either. A clean in warn soapy water, rinsed well and thoroughly dried is all that is needed on a regular basis. Do not use detergents, bleaches or chemicals however as these may have an affect on the palladium.

Palladium is also harder than white gold, even with the highest mix of other metals so is more durable and will last a lot longer.

If you suffer from allergies, then palladium allergy free jewelry will be just the ticket to wear good quality jewelery safe in the knowledge you are not going to come out in a rash or suffer the results of allergies to metals as many often do.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 12th, 2006 at 2:31 pm and is filed under Buying Palladium.