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Sterling Silver Jewelry
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Sterling silver is composed of 92.5% silver alloyed with copper to strengthen
it. Silver has one of the highest reflectivity's of any metal, giving it unmatched
brilliance, making it perfect for jewelry designs. Silver also has extremely
high electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity. Despite all these
wonderful properties silver is relatively abundant and easy to extract from
ore, so it is, at the same time, relatively affordable making it ideal for jewelry
that will appeal to a wide audience.
At various time in history silver was even more valued than gold and had a
mystical allure to it, often being associated with the sea, moon and lunar
goddesses. Hallmarking of silver places a stamped mark on the silver to
identify its origin and purity and is often an important part of determining the
value of a collectible piece.
There are other alloys of silver with a higher content of silver than sterling.
Mexican and Britannia silver each have about 95% silver. Coin silver on the
other hand typically has only 90% silver.
it. Silver has one of the highest reflectivity's of any metal, giving it unmatched
brilliance, making it perfect for jewelry designs. Silver also has extremely
high electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity. Despite all these
wonderful properties silver is relatively abundant and easy to extract from
ore, so it is, at the same time, relatively affordable making it ideal for jewelry
that will appeal to a wide audience.
At various time in history silver was even more valued than gold and had a
mystical allure to it, often being associated with the sea, moon and lunar
goddesses. Hallmarking of silver places a stamped mark on the silver to
identify its origin and purity and is often an important part of determining the
value of a collectible piece.
There are other alloys of silver with a higher content of silver than sterling.
Mexican and Britannia silver each have about 95% silver. Coin silver on the
other hand typically has only 90% silver.