Sterling Silver – the most popular jewelry materials

Natural silver mines are usually massive and granular, some are dendritic cluster also. Exposure to silver in the air will gradually be oxidized and form a layer of black oxide on the surface, such as soft as moony sheen.

The existence of silver product has been found in relic of ancient Egyptian times. At that time, silver is precious than gold, people even plated silver on the surface of gold.

When buying silver jewelry, you typically are buying Sterling Silver. Sterling Silver is .925 parts silver and .075 parts of another metal. The reason silver jewelry is not pure silver is that silver is a very soft metal and it is easy to deform, scratch and dent. Thus the addition of harder metals such as nickel allows sterling silver jewelry to hold up well over time.

Because silver jewelry is so inexpensive it is very affordable to a lot of unique and varied designs, creating this many designs would be prohibitive to do with platinum or gold. The freedom to design without the fear of going into large debt allows then silver market to flourish around the world. When you couple silver with Cubic Zirconia, genuine pearls, or other gemstones, you will really get some fantastic designs.

At CathayGems, most of bracelet, pendants, and rings are made with 925 sterling silver embraced with our high quality freshwater pearls. All of them are stemped 925(universal pure silver symbol) on the settings. You can get them at a low price without any middlemen’s cost. Because we have our own silver manufacturer behind us. Would you want to find a piece of sterling silver pearl jewelry to suit your own style? Browse our very broad choice of silver pearl jewerly, you’ll find what you want.

Five tips for care your silver jewelry:
1. When you don’t wear the silver jewelry, preferably supplies a good bag to prevent the silver surface from coming into contact with air and forming black oxide.
2. When you wear silver jewelry, use a soft cloth to clean silver surface every day, in order to maintain luster.
3. Do not wear silver with other precious metal jewelry to avoid the formation of the collision change abrasions.
4. Avoid contact with water vapor and chemical products, don’t wear when you are swimming, especially in the sea.
5. Day-to-day cleaning method: squeeze a little toothpaste on the silver surface, add appropriate water and rub it until spume, and then rinse the bubble out of silver. You can keep your silver jewelry clean.

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