Why palladium wedding bands

Symbolize the fact that you two change for the better when you're together with palladium wedding bands from our collection. Customize your connection with engraved names, dates, phrases or even fingerprints for unique women's and men's palladium wedding bands that tell your love story. Palladium Is the New Platinum If you're looking for a stunning white metal to complement your beloved's cool style, our collection of palladium rings is the place to be.

Find gorgeous palladium wedding bands with beveled, brushed, concave, domed, faceted, hammered, polished, grooved and other finishes. Also browse carved women's and men's palladium wedding bands in widths from two to 12 millimeters featuring flowers, geometric patterns, braids and more. Diamonds add even more shine as solitaires or gleaming group settings. Larson Jewelers is changing the way you shop for wedding rings by eliminating all the hassle.

Browse a great selection of palladium men's wedding bands, rose gold engagement rings and other conflict-free jewelry from the comfort of home.

Browse by metal:. Sample Service Our Showroom. Stunning classic plain wedding rings in palladium. Palladium rings with a large range of decorative finishes. Decorative Palladium Palladium rings with a large range of decorative finishes Browse Decorative Palladium. A vast range of princess, round and fancy cut diamond set rings.

Palladium wedding rings that are shaped to fit your engagement ring. Most palladium comes from Russia and South Africa. The word palladium comes from Greek and Roman mythology, named after the statue of Pallas, Athena on which the safety of Rome was believed to depend.

The metal was named after the second-largest asteroid, which was named after Pallas. By that point, the term palladium was used to refer to anything that provided safety and security. As a result, many believe that palladium is a good luck metal and provides safety for the wearer. Palladium is commonly chosen for bridal rings, especially male and female wedding bands. However, it can also be used for engagement rings. It can come in a variety of finishes, including brushed, hammered, high polish, matte and textured.

A palladium ring with hammered finish. For example, right now on Blue Nile, there are only 3 palladium ring designs but over 90 white gold and over 65 platinum designs. Palladium began to be used in jewelry in the s, but it was only in that hallmarking palladium became a compulsory requirement. This meant that a piece of jewelry needed the special identification stamps that distinguished this metal from others.

Palladium Hallmarks after To put this in perspective, only four metals in total are required to bear hallmarks — gold, platinum , silver and palladium. This fact upgraded palladium to a precious metal and increased its value in jewelry. The recognized palladium hallmarks are , and , which denotes the purity levels of the metal.

To distinguish palladium from platinum, the numbers are set within three connected ovals, whereas the platinum hallmarks have a trapezium-shaped background.