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, jewelry items or components are only required to bear a stamp when there is a surface area available. Din acest motiv, small findings and components are often unstamped even though they are quality alloys. Quality stamp standards are described in the sections below.