that does seem to be the case. I never looked to see that rhodium plates silver 
white.
http://www.foxfinejewelry.com/blog/article/rhodium-plating-or-dipping-your-yellow-gold-jewelry-into-white-gold-jewelry/

On 6/12/17 10:43 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
That seems odd because rhodium is a noble metal (a close relative of platinum 
and palladium); I wouldn't expect it to
react with water.  Or with much of anything short of aqua regia, for that 
matter.  Perhaps the silvery stuff is the
rhodium and the blue is gun blue, i.e., iron oxide?

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