AllThatGlitters
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I'm just about to return a morganite ring, because although the stone is very pretty, the rose gold looks cheap and tacky. I should have learned my lesson - this is the third morganite piece I've returned because of the rose gold. QVC used to sell morganite in yellow gold, but at one point they seemed to decide that it only looked right with pink gold.
My question is - is rose gold really meant to look so coppery? In jewellery shops, I've seen expensive pieces in gold that's just nicely warmer than yellow gold, and this is described as 'rose gold'. The QVC version looks like pure copper to me, which I find quite unappealing. Does it age into something less garishly pink, if you hang onto the piece? Or is QVC just using some specially cheap recipe for 9ct rose gold?
My question is - is rose gold really meant to look so coppery? In jewellery shops, I've seen expensive pieces in gold that's just nicely warmer than yellow gold, and this is described as 'rose gold'. The QVC version looks like pure copper to me, which I find quite unappealing. Does it age into something less garishly pink, if you hang onto the piece? Or is QVC just using some specially cheap recipe for 9ct rose gold?