Custom jewelry what is the best quality silver for jewelry?
Precious metals are rare and have a high economic value due to various factors, including their scarcity, high economic value, and chemical resistance. Бұрын, precious metals served as a currency. Now they are an investment or industrial commodity. Precious metals are used to make fine jewelry. The most famous precious metals are Gold, Күміс, Платина, Palladium, Рәміз, Ruthenium, and Iridium.
Silver has a long history. It has been considered a precious element for 6000 жылға. It was first used as a currency in 700 B.C. Ancient people even figured out how to refine silver. They heated the silver ore and blew air over it, a process called cupellation. The silver does not react to the air, but the base metals such as lead, and copper oxidize and separate from the precious metal.
Silver has been an important metal for making jewelry since ancient times. In the 60-120 Ойрандау, the former Inca civilization developed high-temperature silver-lead cup-shaped electric furnace technology in the Americas. This demonstrates the use of technical methods to obtain the best quality silver since ancient times. In Chinese history, silver is mainly used in the production, trading, and trading of jewelry. In Islam is common for men to wear a silver ring on the little finger. The Prophet Muhammad is also known as wearing a silver stamp ring. After the Moors rule Spain, silver mining was popularized in many countries, mainly in central Europe. Солай, 100 ADS, the capital of Spain became the center of silver.
Silver production doubled in the 19th century, and in the 21st century, new and highly advanced technologies have greatly contributed to the massive growth of silver production worldwide.
Қазір, silver is the most affordable and fashionable precious metal in jewelry production. Many factors enhance silver popularity, besides the beauty of this metal. Мысалы, in an astrological sense, silver is considered a cool metal, and astrologers recommend it to maintain spiritual calm and control their emotions. Сонымен қатар, wearing jewelry silver regularly has many surprising health benefits.
It is essential to be knowledgeable about silver types while buying silver jewelry. Кейде, customer wonders why the prices of silver jewelry vary that much. Different jewelry brands use different types of silver. Very often, customers confuse silver-plate or silver-filled jewelry with silver jewelry. Солай, it is important to educate customers on silver quality standards. Shockingly low prices may be a good indication that the silver is not high quality or even fake.
The quickest way to identify silver quality is a quality stamp on silver jewelry. Дегенмен, there are cases of fraudulent marking, but they are fairly rare. Тафы, зергерлік бұйымдар немесе компоненттер тек беттік аймақ болған кезде мөр қою үшін қажет. Сол себепті, Кішкентай тұжырымдар мен компоненттер көбінесе олар сапалы қорытпалар болса да, таңдалмайды.
Here’s a quick rundown of the different types of silver used in jewelry.
FINE SILVER – 999.
Fine silver is the closest metal to the pure silver element. It is described as .999, indicating 99.9% бізіз. Қалғаны 0.1% consists of trace elements of insignificant quantity. Fine silver has more luster than the bright polish of sterling. The benefits of fine silver are that it is easy to form and highly resistant to tarnish. Дегенмен, pure silver is soft, which means it’s easily scratched and loses its shape over time. Бұл үшін, jewelry makers avoid working with pure silver.
STERLING SILVER – 925
Sterling silver is the most used silver type in fine jewelry, and it is the quality standard for silver worldwide. Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% күміс; the remaining 7.5% is usually copper. The other metals in the alloy increase hardness, so the material will be more durable. It is very bright and shiny, but it will tarnish. Though, tarnish is easy to clean with readily available polishing products. Тиісті күтіммен, silver jewelry can last a lifetime. Silver is hypoallergenic if it doesn’t contain Nickel. Әдетте, fine jewelry makers avoid Nickel use as it proved to be a cause of allergies in most people. Sterling silver remains the most affordable and usable metal in the jewelry industry.
ARGENTIUM SILVER AND NON-TARNISH ALLOYS
Non-tarnish alloys are relatively new to the market. Argentium is much more expensive than sterling and also harder to get your hands on. It’s also harder to tell the difference between Argentium and sterling silver because they both have the same quality stamp of – 925. Argentium silver contains more pure silver than sterling and is available in two grades: 93.2% немесе 96% бізіз. This is alloyed with copper and germanium, making the metal harder, more resistant to tarnish, easier to clean, and easy to maintain.
JUST ‘SILVER’ PIECES
Jewelry sold as just ‘silver’ is pretty mysterious. Sometimes ‘silver’ jewelry is nothing more than a low-quality brass base with a flash coating of thin silver on top. This coating quickly wears off and leaves the piece looking cheap – because it probably was. With silver, you will usually get what you pay for – and if you didn’t pay much, you probably wouldn’t get much.
SILVER-FILLED
Silver filled is similar in characteristics to gold-filled metals. In terms of value, it sits somewhere between sterling silver and silver plated. Silver filled is not an alloy but rather a plating type that contains a heavier layer of silver. Күміс толы 5% немесе 10% sterling silver by weight, fused with heat and pressure to a brass core. Бұл уақытта күміс толтырылған салтанатты түрде бекітілген стандарт жоқ. Дегенмен, Кейбіреулер мөрді қолданады .925 С.ф, қайсысы адастыруға болады, so be aware of your pay. Cheaper sterling silver can mean silver filled.
Әдепті:
More silver than silver plating
Қол жетімді
Тыныш:
Tarnishes easily
Item is not made of Silver!
Not hypoallergenic
SILVER-PLATED | SILVER FINISHED
Silver-plated jewelry is basically low-quality costume jewelry. This type of silver does not have the same hypoallergenic and durable qualities as true silver. With this type of jewelry, a thin coat of silver covers a cheaper metal. Costume jewelry will not have a quality stamp, but sometimes dishonest manufacturers may use 925 stamps. So again, be aware of price, pay attention if the piece is doubtfully cheap.
Әдепті:
Қол жетімді
Good for costume jewelry
Тыныш:
Not hypoallergenic
Not durable
Item is not made of Silver!
Very little silver used
NICKEL SILVER
Никель күмісі - бұл аздап мисномер, өйткені “күміс” Мазмұн емес, металдың түсін сипаттайды. This is a base metal alloy consisting primarily of copper with nickel and/or zinc. This type of silver is an inexpensive base metal similar in appearance to sterling, but it contains no real silver at all. Nickel silver has many other names on the market, such as Alpaca silver or German silver. Ол костюмдер зергерлік бұйымдарында қолданылады, бірақ никельдің қорытпасы ретінде нақты сипатталуы керек, өйткені көптеген адамдар никельге аллергиясы бар. It is recommended to sell nickel silver as a “Негізгі металл” Себебі термин “никель күмісі” тұтынушылар үшін адастыруға болады.
Әдепті:
Inexpensive
Good for costume jewelry
Workable
Орнықты
Тыныш:
It’s not silver!
Not hypoallergenic
Often sold as real sterling silver
TIBETAN OR TRIBAL SILVER
Тибеттік күміс және көптеген басқа күміс түрлері сипатталған “рулық” 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. Бұл экзотикалық жерлерден алынған кейбір импорттарда қорғасын сияқты қауіпті металдар бар. Сатып алушы абайлаңыз. This jewelry should be purchased with caution and never given to children. Tribal pieces can be quite beautiful, so purchase for the design’s value rather than the value of the metal.
Әдепті:
Beautiful designs
Inexpensive
Тыныш:
Can contain dangerous metals
Not hypoallergenic
May not contain silver
Low durability
Соңында, being informed about silver types makes it easier to understand silver jewelry quality and pricing.
