Sterling Silver Guide

Since ancient times, silver has been considered highly valuable. Besides its many other uses, its relationship with jewelry and accessories has been unavoidable.

Sterling Silver

Silver in its natural unalloyed state is 999/1000 pure, making it highly malleable and difficult to use. Thus, to be used in jewelry, it is often combined with metallic alloys such as copper to increase its strength and durability. When pure silver, or fine silver, is mixed with less than 7.5% alloy, it is known as sterling silver. This also improves the metal's hardness and durability without affecting its beautiful color. Sterling silver is therefore 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% copper, and is significantly more durable than regular silver.

Sterling silver jewelry is stamped in various ways — such as 'Sterling', '925', 'ster' or 'sterling silver' — to indicate its quality. The stamping of sterling silver denotes superior quality.

Care

Silver jewelry is prone to tarnishing, a dulling effect that naturally occurs when silver reacts with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide in ambient air. It is important to clear tarnish before it causes rust or any harm to your jewelry. Silver scratches very easily, so it is important to safeguard your silver jewelry from any substance that is likely to scratch it. Regular polishing treatments are the ideal solution to keep your silver jewelry shining.

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