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...
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 reach...
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...
Jewellery is one of the largest categories on eBay - lots of lovely things to buy! However, buyers need to read the descriptions carefully to ensure that the item they are buying is really what they want. The...
Tibetan Silver is often sold as a cheap Silver product, but you must becareful and fully research the product before buying. Tibetan Silver is made up from a mixture of metals, including copper nickel, zinc...
how much silver does it contains? Fine Silver is defined as 99.9% pure silver, with no other metals. Fine silver is very soft, but because it has less copper or other metal content, it doesnt tarnish as...
There are many types of silver I have come across and after a bit of research here are some hints:Sterling Silver - 92.5% silver (the rest is another alloy usually copper). Sheffield Silver - silver plate...
Precious Metals Gold - Yellow coloured precious metal. White Gold - Alloyed with silver coloured metals. Rose, Red or Pink Gold - Pinkish or reddish coloured gold. The gold gets it's colour from the copper...