Buying Sterling Silver and the new Hallmark Act What is pure silver? A soft white precious metal with a 999 parts per 1000, 99.9% silver and 0.1% unclassified impurity. What is silver? By legal definition,...
You may observe on ebay and other places items described at been White Metal or Sterling Siver.Both look like silver What is the diffrence? Sterling Silver: Well to be named Sterling Silver any item must...
The purpose of my guide is to warn buyers about cheap Chinese metal beads which many bead sellers choose to describe as Tibetan Silver. Also to make it clear to these sellers that they are actually breaking...
When buying jewellery online it is very easy to be fooled into thinking you are getting a good deal and you missi the posatge and the surcharges. With the new Royal Mail postage sytem it is becoming more...
Having purchased some Tibetan silver jewlery recently the following has come to light. An investigation by a UK assay office shows the base material to have 12.4% nickel content under a thin plate of silver....
This is not Sterling Silver, this is mainly tin and if you don't mind having black/blue marks on your body from wearing this junk, have at it. You can avoid this from happening by either spraying on a clear...
Thanks for dropping by ....... When we first started on eBay in 2003, there were usually 200 to 300 listed Dzi Beads, of which 95% were all machine mass manufactured copies or imitations. Today, a simple...
Hi, Here's an easy way to find your ring size: Get a piece of string about 4 inches long, or a piece of paper about 4 inches long and a quarter inch wide. Wrap it carefully around the base of your finger so...
Q: Will Sterling Silver jewellery tarnish? If it does, how do I clean it? A: As all pieces from our collection are brand new and sealed, they will tarnish quicker during their first few days out in the open....
Coral Jewellery Guide I've been selling farmed coral for a few years and I've noticed alot of red coral items appearing on the net. As you may or mauy not have noticed, the majority of these pieces are...