Tuesday, April 23, 2013

How to determine pounds of silver jewelry?



Silver is the most common jewelry, although the price is not expensive, but there was a charm to make the people love it deeply. Miao in China, silver jewelry is a very common, you can see the beautiful decorations of the Miao nationality there many silver jewelry. Silver was used in ancient jewelry, we referred to the silver jewelry, silver 92.5%. How, then, to determine pounds of jewelry?

First, identify them through hallmark. The hallmark often contains the information about the purity of the silver alloy used in production or the handcraft of the silver jewelry, or silversmith or the company which made the piece, or date and location of tradesman.

Second, check the glossiness and color of silver jewelry. Generally speaking, the genuine sterling silver jewelry enjoys pure white color and looks glossy. The fake silver jewelry seems dull and lacks luster on the first sight.

Third, bend the jewelry. The genuine silver can be bent easily but won’t be broken. If the piece need great efforts to bend it which means it contains low percentage of silver.

Fourth, throw the jewelry to know the silver-bearing percentage. Toss the piece lightly and if it spring lowly and with smooth sound when it falls onto floor, the jewelry contains much silver.

Fifth, you can test the jewelry with nitric acid. This is the most direct way and effective way to identify the silver.

Silver jewelry is really attractive in itself and many gemstones can be inset in it. Go to the store and choose a piece of silver world of warcraft jewelry for yourself.

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