Bastille statement chain necklace
Bastille statement chain necklace
Thick, chunky, heavy, silver colored rhodium chain, is icy hot with oval, circle styling.
The necklace measures 24 inches around and held together with a sturdy 24mm rhodium plated lobster claw closure.
A little about the material:
Rhodium, a chemical element, with simple RH is a rare silvery white, hard, and chemically inert transition metal that is a member of the platinum group.
One of the rarest, and the most valuable precious metals, rhodium is a noble metal resistant to corrosion, and can be found in platinum, or nickel ores, together with the other members of the platinum group metals,
Named for the rose color of its chlorine compounds produced after it reacted with the powerful acid mixture, aqua regia , the major elements use, approximately 80% of world rhodium production is as one of the catalysts in the three-way catalytic converters in automobiles because rhodium metal is inert against corrosion, and most aggressive chemicals and because of its rarity.
Rhodium is usually alloyed with palladium, and when applied in high temperature, is used as a corrosion resistant coating in materials such as white gold, which is often plated with a thin rhodium layer to improve its appearance. Sterling silver is also often rhodium plated for tarnish resistance.