Que "925 Italia" Consulte un collar de cadena de plata?
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 "Italia" 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 o 75% and for 24k it's 995 o 99.5% oro. 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. Es interesante que Estados Unidos siempre haya sido un país de 14k para la mayoría de la gente.. En el pasado, las joyas generalmente se usaban solo en ocasiones especiales para la clase media y se regalaban en aniversarios, etc.. En la mayor parte de Europa han sido 18k., Medio Oriente 18k o 22k o 24k igual en China y Asia. Algunos lugares en Asia son principalmente plata esterlina.. Cuando el oro era más difícil de extraer, 9k era muy común en el Reino Unido y EE. UU..