Silver Alloys
Pertama, customers need to understand that silver used in jewelry is usually an alloy which means a metal mixture of two or more elements from the periodic table. Silver is an element. Other metallic elements are alloyed with silver for various reasons that are described below.
Quality Marks
Kedua, a lot of finished silver jewelry will have a quality stamp somewhere on the piece. This is the quickest way to identify quality. There are cases of fraudulent marking but they are fairly rare. These tiny markings may only be legible under magnification. Namun, barang atau komponen perhiasan hanya perlu dibubuhi stempel jika luas permukaannya tersedia. Untuk alasan itu, temuan kecil dan komponen sering kali tidak diberi stempel meskipun merupakan paduan berkualitas. Quality stamp standards are described in the sections below.