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Blog Entry: Wedding rings symbolize enduring love and everlasting pledge between partners. Marriage being an vital occasion in a couple's life, this symbol can be expressed with a range of wedding rings. Correct choice of weeding ring is essential. A little planning and forethought prior to visiting a jeweler can make the procedure easier, keeping in view the irresistible range of options available. Gold is comm90only used in rings. The next choice is platinum and palladium, which are lightweight and more durable than gold. This is commonly used as wristwatch straps and boxes. Of late, titanium as a metal for wedding rings has become admired among couple's for its beautiful and opaline colors and durability. The ultimate in durability is Tungsten, symbolizing permanence, since it lasts a lifetime. Amongst all the metals used for jewelry, it is the hardest, almost indestructible and totally scratch defiant. This steel gray colored metal, is also known by the name of wolfram and can withstand very high temperature without melting. As opposite to precious metals like gold, silver or platinum, tungsten is lower in price and tungsten wedding rings can be manufactured in many shades of steel gray beginning from dark gray to stainless steel. Its scratch resistant quality is an advantage while working with your hands. Tungsten wedding rings are presented in various shades and designs. You can opt for basic tungsten carbide bands that are a ring of forged tungsten or you can go for silver tungsten or black tungsten rings. The other alternatives available are tungsten rings with an inlay of other precious metals like gold, white gold or platinum or designs which contain precious or semiprecious stones inlay of diamonds, rubies, emeralds or sapphires. Find out the advantages of tungsten ring before buying. As a jewelry making metal, Tungsten has been in use for a decade or so. This metal is used in aerospace industry. Individually, tungsten is not a good metal for making jewelry, because of its vulnerability to damage like scratches or dents. The carbon alloy of tungsten makes it harder and sturdier. Tungsten carbide as a metal is two times as tough as steel and four times as hard as titanium and totally scratch resistant. Tungsten rings cannot be resized. Tungsten wedding rings normally do not suffer damage under normal use because of its extreme hardness. It is rated at a 9 on the Mohs hardness scale with diamonds at 10. Tungsten's remarkable properties of strength and resistance along with its less cost are a practical and aesthetic metal to manufacture a wedding ring for your life partner, lasting forever.