How much would it cost to transfer a 1.5 carat diamond from a yellow gold ring to a white gold ring?

Hello - I have yet to get this ring appraised but I want to transfer the diamond (if possible) from the yellow gold ring to a white gold ring. Would the yellow gold have any trade-in value to the white gold ring? Can they even transfer the diamond? I'm obviously clueless when it comes to jewelry. This is for an engagement ring.|||If you are going to have 18ct white gold, then an average weight for a ring with a 1.5 ct diamond is going to be about 5 to 8 grams for an engagement type ring.


A cost of about 65 to 85 dollars per gram would be average.


Your old ring if it was 18 ct yellow gold would have a scrap value of about $25 per gram, if the stone can be removed without damaging the ring and the ring is a nice style them a manufacturer might allow a little more as a trade in, (I would).


If you are dealing with an upmarket jeweler you could double the making cost. Alas white and yellow gold are not the same price, because Platinum and or Palladium (both of which are far more expensive than the silver and copper and zinc which are used to alloy yellow gold)could be used to alloy the gold white and also a little greater difficulty in working with it.


If you are coming to Australia contact me and I would give you a good quote.


Search out a good manufacturing jeweler, they are normally found away from the street front or main shopping mall. look in the yellow pages, and shop around. Get a jeweler who will do the work rather than farm it out to others.


I hope she says Yes.|||The jeweler will transfer it for free, if you buy the new ring from them. But the rings themselves (without the diamond) are very inexpensive; a typical gold ring (white or yellow) would cost less than $100. Most better jewlers don't get involved in "trade in," but you can always sell the old ring seperately, on ebay or at any of the 1,000 places that buy gold. It'll be worth less than half the jewlery store price.|||There would be a trade in value, depending on the quality of the ring they may just use it for the metal. White gold engagement rings generally start at around $250 and go up from there. Remember that white gold and yellow gold are the same thing in the eyes of a jeweler, meaning it costs about the same.


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