Silver Alloys
Primul, 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
Doilea, 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. Aceste mici marcaje pot fi lizibile doar sub mărire. Cu toate acestea, articolele de bijuterii sau componentele trebuie să poarte o ștampilă numai atunci când există o suprafață disponibilă. Din acest motiv, micile descoperiri și componente sunt adesea netimbrate, chiar dacă sunt aliaje de calitate. Quality stamp standards are described in the sections below.