What is the difference between platinum and white gold?
There are many differences, but the most significant ones are color and strength. Platinum is much harder and stronger than 14K white gold. If you think you will wear your toe ring for many years to come, platinum is the ultimate. If you are new to the toe ring arena, you might want to start off with the 14K white gold.
Platinum is white and gold is yellow. White gold is whiter because of alloys and plating. Platinum is a naturally white ore. Platinum is very dense, about 60% more dense than gold. The atomic structures of the metals are completely different. White gold has the same or very similar structure to yellow gold although most will agree that the added alloy will make the white gold more brittle. Gold will scratch and must be polished out, when it’s polished a small amount of metal is lost. While platinum being denser will also scratch, the platinum will remain as one with less metal loss in the polishing process making the metal more durable but not any harder. Many people will say platinum is harder so as not to have to explain the differences. In actuality platinum is softer than 18k or 14k gold. It will scratch easily and over time platinum will acquire a greyish patina. It will take longer to completely scratch a gold or white gold ring, but with every scratch a small amount of metal is
