Nickel Silver,Tibetan or Tribal Silver,Bali, Thai or Mexican Silver

Nickel Silver,Tibetan or Tribal Silver,Bali, Thai or Mexican Silver

Nickel Silver

Niklové stříbro je trochu nesprávné označení, protože “stříbro” popisuje barvu kovu a ne obsah. This is a base metal alloy consisting of primarily copper with nickel and/or zinc. This type of silver is an inexpensive base metal that is similar in appearance to sterling but, again, it contains no real silver at all. It is quite soft and makes an excellent practice metal. Nickel silver can be soldered but it is sometimes difficult to make solder seams that are not obvious. Nickel silver has many other names on the market such as Alpaca silver or German silver. Používá se v bižuterii, ale měl by být jasně popsán jako slitina niklu, protože mnoho lidí je na nikl alergických. We also recommend selling nickel silver as a “základní kov” protože termín “nikl stříbro” může být pro spotřebitele zavádějící.
9. Tibetan or Tribal Silver

Tibetské stříbro a mnoho dalších druhů stříbra popisovaných jako “kmenový” silver etc are base metal alloys that are only silver in appearance. Contents of the alloys vary tremendously and many contain no silver content whatsoever. Některé z těchto dovozů z exotických zemí obsahují nebezpečné kovy, jako je olovo. Kupující pozor. This jewelry should be purchased with caution and never ever given to children. Tribal pieces can be quite beautiful so purchase for the value of the design rather than the value of the metal.
10. Bali, Thai or Mexican Silver

There is a great deal of quality silver coming out of Bali, Thajsko, and Mexico; však, that silver should also be marked and identified with a quality stamp and/or quality disclosure. There are also much lower grade silver alloys from these nations that are described with just the nation of origin. The name of the source country is no guarantee of quality or silver content on its own.