A dense, silvery-white precious metal used in jewellery, including settings for gemstones.
Platinum is a silvery-white precious metal used in jewellery, including pieces that hold gemstones. It can be worked as an alloy, so identifying the metal and identifying its purity are separate questions. A fineness figure describes the share of platinum in the alloy in parts per thousand. For example, 950 represents 950 parts platinum in 1,000 parts of alloy by weight. That figure describes composition rather than the weight of the finished piece. In workshop work, the named metal is therefore only part of the material information needed to understand an item.
In job listings
Tiffany & Co.’s Toronto Jeweler role involved repairs and alterations to jewellery made from precious metals including platinum, gold and silver. The employer listed soldering, laser welding, fabrication and other workshop techniques. Platinum was explicitly part of the material range, without a separate procedure being specified for each metal. Search local jobs for “jewellery”.
