JCK Online - July 1, 2006
Cover Story
Alternative Metals Roll Along
By William George Shuster, Senior Editor Ready for an explosion of nontraditional white metals in jewelry? That's how a number of industry experts describe the expanding number of jewelry lines using precious-metal palladium and other white metals—stainless steel, titanium, and tungsten—as alternatives to platinum, silver, and white gold.
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