How To Identify Real 925 Sterling Silver Jewelry If you’re considering buying sterling silver jewelry, you will no doubt want to know the difference between pure silver and 925 sterling silver. Well, pure silver is not really made up of only silver. It has 99.9% of silver, and a small content composed of other metals [...]
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Custom 925 sterling silver jewelry Design services We are custom order specialists, who design and manufacture all of our work in-house. Let us take you on a journey through our five step custom process. Four to six weeks is all it takes to transform your tired and worn out jewelry into a sparkling new masterpiece. [...]
The 6 Most Commonly Asked Custom Sterling Silver Jewelry Questions Here at Mark Michael Diamond Designs we consider custom jewelry our specialty. While creating a one-of-a-kind custom jewelry piece is a fun and intimate process, we get lots of questions about how the process works and where to start. Today we’re going to answer our [...]
Frequently Asked Questions about Custom Made 925 Silver Jewelry Q. How much does it cost? A. Custom Designed Jewelry can cost less than you might expect. Of course, it's more costly than mass produced, often poorly made jewelry, but it's worth it to get a quality piece, made just the way you want it. See [...]
How do you test for 925 sterling silver jewelry quality? There are two commonly used tests to determine the silver content in an alloy. X-ray testing is non-destructive but requires special, expensive equipment. Jewelry must be sent to a lab for x-ray testing. This test is fairly accurate on most silver items. However, it can [...]
Nickel Silver,Tibetan or Tribal Silver,Bali, Thai or Mexican Silver Nickel Silver Nickel silver is a bit of a misnomer because "silver" describes the color of the metal and not the content. This is a base metal alloy consisting of primarily copper with nickel and/or zinc. This type of silver is an inexpensive base metal that [...]
The Defference in 925 Sterling Silver-filled and Silver Plated Silver-filled Silver-filled is a new layered metal that was introduced during the recent surge of silver prices during the recession. It is not an alloy because the metal content is not the same throughout the material. Instead, the sterling silver is all on the surface. Silver [...]
Coin Silver Coin silver was once a more common alloy in the United States. It is now fairly rare and the name causes quite a bit of confusion. The technical "coin silver" alloy is .900 silver, or 90% silver and 10% copper. The name "coin silver" is because metalsmiths historically made items from melted down [...]
Argentium Silver and Non-Tarnish Alloys Non-tarnish alloys are fairly new to the market. Argentium is one brand but there are others available that are similar. These alloys are a minimum of 92.5% silver though some will be slightly higher in silver content. The remainder consists of copper and the addition of the element germanium. The [...]
Fine .999 Silver & Sterling .925 Silver 1. Fine .999 Silver Fine silver is the closest metal to the pure element silver. It is marked .999 which indicates 99.9% purity. The 0.1% remainder consists of trace elements of insignificant quantity. Fine silver has a more vitreous luster than the bright polish of sterling. It appears [...]