| Silver is a special metal that allows
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| | tarnishing, and it is one of the
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| artists and designers to craft beautiful
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| | important properties of sterling silver.
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| pieces of jewelry. Silver have a
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| | Over time through oxidation (contact with
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| properties that enable easy polish of any
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| | air) and exposure to other materials
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| metal. Main reason is because of the fact
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| | (sulfur is a main culprit), sterling
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| that silver has the highest degree of
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| | silver will tarnish. Some refer to
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| optical reflectivity amongst of all the
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| | tarnish as "patina" and many people even
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| metals reflecting 95% of all visible
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| | love the lustrous color of patina.
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| light.
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| | However, there are ways to remove tarnish
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| One of the most interesting
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| | or patina. A cloth made to clean sterling
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| characteristic about silver is that it is
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| | silver will usually have chemicals gentle
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| also very malleable and soft. Due to this
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| | enough to remove patina. Harsh dips and
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| high malleability, a lot of designers are
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| | creams are never recommended because they
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| able to craft and mold the silver into an
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| | are too abrasive and can scratch and
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| infinite number of forms letting them
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| | damage your jewelry. NEVER EVER use
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| create bold, beautiful, and artistic
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| | toothpaste!
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| pieces of jewelry.
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| | Sterling Silver has been used in jewelry
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| So what does it exactly mean "Sterling
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| | making for thousands of years. Known for
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| Silver" to anyone? Sterling silver refers
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| | its affordability, ease of use, and
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| to an alloy (a combination of metals).
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| | trend-setting styles, silver has become
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| Sterling silver is a combination of 92.5%
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| | widely used in todays marketplace. Silver
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| silver and usually 7.5% copper. Some of
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| | by itself is very soft therefore, .925
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| the consumer would name it as 925
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| | Sterling Silver is composed of 92.5%
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| slivers. So why combine the two metals to
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| | silver and the other 7.5% is made up with
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| make sterling silver? Why not just use
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| | copper, zinc or nickel. This additional
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| 100% pure silver? The answer lies in the
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| | percentage of metal gives Sterling Silver
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| paragraph above. We cannot use pure
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| | the durability required for jewelry,
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| silver, simply because pure silver is
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| | without compromising its beautiful white
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| just too malleable. It will not maintain
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| | luster.
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| its shape, thus we need to combine the
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| | Now that you have learned more about this
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| silver with a harder metal to make it
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| | beautiful metal, go out and treat
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| into sterling silver.
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| | yourself to a wonder piece of sterling
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| So why does sterling silver turn brown
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| | silver jewelry!
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| black something? This is called
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