Silver reacts to sulfur. If you know anything about this element, it’s everywhere. 実際には, humans have used sulfides for years! It is in the air we breathe, soil, common beauty products, smoke, fertilizers, foods, gasoline, pollution…等. The list is so long there is no way to cover it in a blog, but trust me, it’s everywhere. Some locations (ex. the beach, lakes and urban areas) have higher quantities in the air and so silver tarnish happens even quicker in those locations.
You can take many common-sense steps to store your jewelry securely and delay tarnishing. Read more in our article entitled How to Keep Sterling Silver from Tarnishing – Protecting Jewelry.
Fortunately, you can clean, polish and then protect silver to slow down the process, and I’ll tell you how. Just be careful with any jewelry that contains stones, pearls or glass. Metal cleaners can damage some of these substances so do additional research before cleaning them or spot clean the metal areas only.