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All About Sterling Silver Jewelry

Did you just buy your wife brand new 925 sterling silver jewellery set? Or maybe you are planning on getting that designer silver jewellery your girlfriend keeps nagging you about? Have you ever stopped to wonder what that 925 meant? Or perhaps what even sterling mean? Not many people even bother to know that, just as long as the jewelry they bought is made of silver. Well it is time for you to get some facts straight about the beauty of sterling silver. The word sterling comes from an old English word that means “little star” since money made out of silver in the olden days have stars stamped on them. The word sterling is an Old English word that meant little star because the money in those days were made of silver and was stamped with a small star on its face. 5% of pure silver in any sterling silver item. 5% of pure silver. What would be the other 7. 5%? That would usually be another alloy and copper is the most commonly used metal for mixing.

But many companies add other elements aside from copper in order to change the properties of silver. But before you start calling and complain to your jeweler about the silver necklaces for women that you recently bought for your wife, read on and be properly informed. The simple answer is no. 9% silver is not easy to work with because it stable only in liquid form and when it hardens it would almost be difficult to shape. In that case, forming it into a necklace would be a very big challenge.

Another reason for mixing is that it makes the silver more durable especially since shaping the metal would require some good amount of hammering and other stressful techniques. So adding an alloy would make tolerate these stresses in order to create quality jewelry without breaking the silver quickly. But there is a disadvantage to this mixing. So copper ensures that the silver is strong enough to withstand the many processes that it will undergo once the jeweler hammers it into shape. However there is a drawback to this mixing and that is in the form of oxygen. The reason for this is that of the alloy being combined especially copper. That is why many manufacturers are opting to use other alloys aside from copper to resist tarnishing but maintain its durability. But you should not worry though because your sterling silver findings can be easily cleaned when signs of tarnishing are seen and maintenance is very easy to do.

So there you are. If you are planning on buying a new silver necklace for the wife, then you know what it means when the sales clerk will tell that the necklace is sterling.

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