Buying Hallmarked Silver Jewlery
Most silver jewelry available these days is made from .925 silver. Well, 925 silver is the hallmark for silver jewelry and shows to the buyer that the silver is extremely pure.
925 silver jewelry is a combination of 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper. Sometimes copper can be replaced by some other metal or a combination of metals for the creation of 925 jewelry. 925 silver jewelry is also otherwise referred to as sterling silver. Most silver rings as well as silver toe rings that are available at jewelry stores these days are made from this 925 silver. The reason for alloying silver is that pure silver is very malleable and is prone to breaking very easily. Due to this fact most craftsmen alloy silver with other metals to improve its durability and hardness. Silver jewelry has become very popular over the last few years. This dull shine of the metal is ideal for stringing several pink pearls on a necklace. The necklace that is crafted in such a manner is classic without becoming boring. As silver jewelry does not have the same shine and glitter as 22 karat gold a lot of men also prefer to wear jewelry made from this metal. In fact a lot of jewelry stores now carry complete lines of mens jewelry made from 925 silver. This includes silver wedding bands and silver personalized rings.
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