The only jewelry that does not fade away its glittering affects are solid precious metal jewelry such as Gold, Platinum, Palladium. Gold is very resistant against abrasive elements, that is the reason most industries use gold plated components because it can also endure longer than a bare non precious metal. Satellites, servers, computers in general, mobile phones, etc, uses gold plated components just like the jewelry industry does. The main reason behind that, is that gold plated is the best metal protector there is. It can completely isolate the reactions of the non-precious metal used as base metal in any components including jewelry.

