What is 925 pure silver ornaments

925 silver is international standard silver made for silver ornaments.925 pure silver ornaments do not really contain 100% silver, because there is 7.5% alloy in pure silver in order to improve the silver sheen, brightness and hardness. Since Tiffany launched the first set of pure silver ornaments of 92.5% silve in 1851, 925 pure silver ornaments have begun to be popular. So at present pure silver ornaments in the market are identified by 925 silver standards. Pure silver ornaments will show extremely beautiful metallic luster by polishing, and also have certain degree of hardness, can be made into high-grade jewelry with gems.

Silver is more easily processed than other precious metal. Silver can be made into all kinds of silver ornaments, such as silver rings, earrings, bracelets, stud earrings, necklaces and so on. Moreover, the shape of silver ornaments can be appearance you want.

In the modern age of popular silver , how to discern silver quality has become an indispensable knowledge in our life. So in the following I will introduce a few discerning silver methods to you:

1、Identifying the colour: When observing the real silver, it should look white, luster, good workmanship; if it is dim or matte ,it must be fake.

2、Bending:When you gently bend silver jewelry ,the real 925 silver jewelry is not easily broken and can bend.if it is very easy to be broken or very hard to bend, It could be low quality

3、Light throwing：Throw silver jewelry to the counter from a certain height and high quality one does not bounce high with low muffled voice. if not, it is unreal.

4、Nitric acid reaction: Nitric acid drops in silver jewelry mouth using glass rod and a few seconds after the real 925 silver jewelry would show husked rice color or light green. Instead, it is false when it becomes dark green or black.

Nonetheless, it is normal phenomenon that 925 silver ornaments sometimes becomes black, because some sulfur and oxides in the air and other natural medium would corrode 925 silver in some way. When you wear silver after period of time, it will take on some tiny smudges—vulcanization silver film, after a long time it will also spread , eventually it even become black. At present pure silver ornaments can all happen color-changing phenomenon because of oxidation reaction. So don't worry about it if you can maintain it in accordance with the right methods of maintaining in daily life. Besides, silver ions have strong sterilization effect ,which do good to the human body. As the old says, the body will healthy and wealth accompany with silver.