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?
