Hvad gør det "925 Italien" henvise til på en sølvkæde halskæde?
925 stands for 92.5% silver which is sterling silver. The rest is alloys that make it more durable and harder like nickel. Many folks like me are allergic to nickel so prefer gold posts for example on earrings. Italy means that it was made in Italy, even if it is an American company like Tiffany it will say "Italien" for pieces that were made in Italy. The silver content for sterling is 92.5 %, for 14k gold gold content is 58.5 so gold the stamp is 585; 18k it's 750 eller 75% and for 24k it's 995 eller 99.5% guld. The higher the gold content the softer the metal. So if you were a princess that had 10 inch nails and didn't have to work you might prefer 995/24k. If you are a person that uses their hands a lot, you might use the higher gold content items for going out and use 14k for every day. Interessant, at USA altid har været et 14k slags land for de fleste mennesker. Dengang blev smykker generelt kun båret ved særlige lejligheder for middelklassen alligevel og givet ved jubilæer osv.. I det meste af Europa har det været 18.000, mellemøsten 18k eller 22k eller 24k det samme i Kina og Asien. Nogle steder i Asien er for det meste sterling sølv. Da guld var sværere at udvinde, 9k var meget almindelig i Storbritannien og USA.