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How To Shop For Silver Jewelry
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Silver is a popular choice when it comes to jewelry, primarily because it is low cost in comparison to gold or platinum, and also its sheen and attractiveness. Since silver is a more popular style of jewelry you want to be sure you have an idea of what you are looking for so you can limit your range when you get to the jewelers. Silver is a very soft metal so it needs to be mixed so it can be used for jewelry.

The best quality silver will be marked with "925" which means that in 100 grams of sterling silver there is 92.5 grams of pure silver and the rest is another metal. So when you shopping you want to be aware of the prices because there is no higher quality, it is all the same, and the only reason a piece may be more expensive for the same weight is if it is hand made. Jewelry can be either hand made

or machine manufactured. If your piece was hand made it will cost more then if it was mass-produced by machines. Then if you chose to get your piece of jewelry engraved you are looking at an even higher price tag. 

Silver jewelry will tarnish over time, this happens because the other alloys in the piece are reacting with the air it is exposed to. You must clean and polish your silver jewelry regularly to keep the piece looking its best. Also most silver jewelry is coated with a lacquer protection, this will wear off and you must polish the piece to prevent it from getting dual.
 

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