Wedding Ring Options


by Jamie Hanson - Date: 2010-02-22 - Word Count: 446 Share This!

Wedding rings symbolize enduring love and everlasting pledge between partners. Marriage being an significant occasion in a couple's life, this symbol can be expressed with a range of wedding rings. Since, these rings are significant aspects of a couple's love and commitment; it is advisable to choose them wisely. A little planning and forethought preceding to visiting a jeweler can make the procedure easier, keeping in view the irresistible range of options available.

Gold is one of the most common metals used for manufacturing wedding rings. The next choice is platinum and palladium, which are lightweight and more tough than gold. This is commonly used as wristwatch straps and boxes. Of late, titanium as a metal for wedding rings has become accepted among couple's for its beautiful and opaline colors and durability.

The ultimate in durability is Tungsten, symbolizing permanence, since it lasts a lifetime. Amongst all the metals used for jewelry, it is the hardest, almost indestructible and totally scratch resistant. This steel gray colored metal, is also known by the name of wolfram and can withstand very high temperature without melting. As opposed to precious metals like gold, silver or platinum, tungsten is less costly and tungsten wedding rings can be manufactured in various shades of steel gray beginning from dark gray to stainless steel. For working people the metal is good as it is scratch resistant.

Tungsten wedding rings are offered in various shades and designs. You have many varieties of tungsten rings. The other choices available are tungsten rings with an inlay of other precious metals like gold, white gold or platinum or designs which comprise precious or semiprecious stones inlay of diamonds, rubies, emeralds or sapphires. Find out the advantages of tungsten ring before buying.

As a jewelry making material, Tungsten has been in use for a decade or so. This metal is commonly used in the aerospace industry for its high melting point, which is 6100 degrees Fahrenheit being the highest melting point of all metals. Individually, tungsten is not a good material for making jewelry, because of its susceptibility to damage like scratches or dents. However, once combined with a carbon alloy, it becomes tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide as a metal is two times as hard as steel and four times as hard as titanium and highly scratch resistant. Tungsten rings cannot be resized.

Tungsten wedding rings usually do not suffer damage under normal use because of its extreme hardness. It is rated at a 9 on the Mohs hardness scale with diamonds at 10. Tungsten's amazing properties of strength and resistance along with its lower cost are a practical and aesthetic metal to manufacture a wedding ring for your life partner, lasting forever.

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