 Our Silver Jewelry is certified 925 sterling silver: What does it mean ?
Before we look at what 925 silver is, we must first consider the properties of this fascinating metal. Pure silver is extremely malleable and therefore can easily damage. It also softens over time, even at room temperature.
Obviously, in this state silver is useless for jewellery purposes. To avoid the problems of malleability and softening, and thus to increase the life-span of your silver jewellery, other metals are added to the pure silver. The result of this blending process with alloys is a combined silver and alloy substance which is far more resistant to scratching and damage.
925 sterling silver jewellery is actually a combination of 92.5% silver and usually 7.5% copper or zinc. Sometimes the craftsman replaces copper with another material, or even a combination of materials. Over the last decade lower copper prices and an abundance of copper due to improved refining techniques have made it the first choice of many designers and jewellery stylists.
The beneficial properties gained by adding the copper to the pure silver have made the resulting product extremely popular with a host of silver craftsmen. Earrings, rings, bracelets and all other forms of jewellery can be carefully designed with the assurance that each intricate bend and turn will remain firmly in place.
925 silver is therefore a combination of mostly pure silver and a lower percentage of infused alloy metal. The addition of copper, or occasionally a similar copper-like substitute, helps to enhance your silver jewellery and does not in any way detract from its quality.
Article Source: Ashley Shameli - http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ashley_Shameli
Our silver is real 925 silver.
Furthermore we are very generous in the quantity of silver :
- All our rings are adjustable: all the fingers will fit our ring collection!
- Special techniques are used to avoid the shell falling apart from the bracelet
- A comfortable silver support for the shell is used
We know the problem in Bali very well because it happens more an more than some customers ordered some cheap silver in some companies (many located in Celuk area: central Bali) and returned to us the pieces because the work and silver used was really bad and they now understand why our prices are a littlbe bit higher and they trust us.
Most of the silversmith in Bali mix the silver with many other material to put the price down:
For the first month you will have shiny silver but for the next 6 months it will quickly turn black and you will have many returns!!!
Same for the bracelets: most of the time the shell will fall appart from its support because the quantity of silver used is too small !!!
Time of work costs: a perfect finish needs time and you might get some unfinished dark spot area.
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