Five Fabulous Reasons to buy Sterling Silver Jewelry by Anika Pathak jewelry designer & author
Overview Silver has been used in making jewellery since time immemorial. It is a gorgeous metal and has been used since the beginning of human civilization to emphasize status, wealth and opulence. This jewellery is both beautiful and comparatively more economical that other types of fine jewellery available in the market. However, silver in its pure form is too delicate to be used for the purpose of making jewellery. This metal needs to be alloyed with some other metal to be used for the purpose of making jewellery. Pure silver is usually alloyed with copper to create sterling silver which is then used in making the majority of silver
jewellery . The popularity of sterling silver jewellery lies in the fact that it is more durable than pure silver because of the presence of copper in the metal. The addition of copper to pure silver or the creation of sterling silver is also done for the purpose of making the silver more resistant to tarnishing. However, this effort has not seen much success in its wake as not many jewelers are enthusiastic about it. Jewelers appear to be reluctant to spend extra amount of money on the addition of copper to pure silver in an attempt to produce silver that is resistant to tarnishing. People are divided in their opinion when it comes to sterling silver. There are those who wouldn’t like to spend the extra time and energy in alloying copper with silver, while there are others who hail sterling silver as the revolutionary solution to the weaknesses posed by pure silver and the quickfix to its delicate and weak form and also its inability to produce strong jewellery. There are many jewelers, however, who like this alloy, as it can be kept in the showcase for a relatively long amount of time without the fear of it getting tarnished and consequently also saves the cost of getting the pieces of jewellery polished again.
1. Value Although, silver is one of the whitest and most lustrous metals available in the jewellery market, it is still more affordable than platinum or gold. What the modern day consumers like about silver jewellery is the fact that they can have a wider variety of this fine metal without burning a hole in their pockets as is the case with gold or platinum jewellery. Sterling silver jewellery is available at a fraction of price of what the
platinum or gold jewellery is available at.