Rose Gold Engagement Rings

Rose gold engagement rings

Rose gold has been popular for many years. Pure gold is yellow in colour but by adding different alloys the colour can change. Rose gold is an merge of pure gold and copper to give it the red colour which can be seen today. The redder color gold is usually 9 carat gold which is made up by using a mix of 62 percent copper to 38 percent pure gold.
Rose gold is also sometimes known as pink gold and in past times it was also nown as Russian gold.
In ancient times gold was sometimes refered to as red this was due to the impurities in the melting process caused by copper. The Victorians used rose gold a lot in their Albert chains which have become popular again today. Engagement rings are know made using rose gold mainly to compliment the popularity of rose gold wedding rings. Many jewellers around the world are now reviving the art of producing classic and modern designs using rose gold.

Many jewellers use different colour golds to produce some facinating designs which lend themselves to floral and other forms. The Russian jewellers including faberge used rose or pink gold in many of their jewellery items including their famous eggs. In the 1920′s Cartier started making the trinity band which many refer to as the Russian wedding ring, this was made of 3 intertwined rings made of yellow, white and rose gold.
With the popularity of pink and colored diamonds many designer jewellers are using red / pink gold as part or all of the gold used in crafting their rings.
In Georgian times the use of red, green, white and yellow gold were used to great effect in some of their wonderfully handcrafted jewellery, thes designs lent themselves to the use of a variety of coloured stones within one piece of jewellery. Sometimes the stones would spell out the name or saying such as regard or dearest.
Today rose gold engagement rings or engagement rings with rose gold accents are stoked by a wide variety of mainstream jewellers although if you are looking for that special ring then it would be best to have it commissioned by a jeweller.