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Silver one of the metals used to make jewelry is a soft white lustrous chemical element and produced as a by-product of copper, gold and zinc etc by mining . It has been used since ancient days as a precious metal to make currency coins, ornaments and utensils . Nowadays it is also used in photographic film, electrical contacts, and mirrors . Silver has a wide role in medicine too for it has beneficial healing and anti-disease properties . It was also used to store water, wine and vinegar in bottles made of silver to prevent it from being spoiled . It is also used as a medicine to prevent infection before antibiotics evolved. It is used in dental alloys for fitting and filling . Silver is also added in foods as decoration, for instance on chocolate confectionery silver is used. Silver given to a human body in large components creates pale blue marks on the skin, eyes etc …

Silver’s value is nearly more than 60 to 70 times the value of copper and silver is priced at about 1/50^th of the gold . The price ratio of silver has fluctuated for ages together ranging from very low to very high.

Sterling Silver

An alloy of silver is Sterling Silver. It consists of more than 90% of silver in it. It is the next pure metal in silver. Fine silver will be very soft to get any hard and durable articles so it is combined with other metals to give the hardness to it . Generally copper is used but germanium, Zinc and bronze etc can also be used . Depending on the grade given to the silver it came out as sterling silver in 1300 in England. Sterlingcity is most probably meant as the visible star on earth . Sterling Silver is the best for beautiful high quality silver jewelry . It wont wear down, as silver plating will do so. The small amount of copper in the sterling silver does not affect the value of the silver but the way it is made and the labor involved in it makes the difference . It also depends upon the skill of the craftsman and the complexity in designing it . Sterling silver is used to make jewelry and household accessories because of its attractiveness and toughness . The trade marks for the sterling silver are sterling, sterling silver, sterling .925.

Silver also needs care for it to last for a long time. We should store silver jewelry in a cloth couch or in a separate place in jewelry box or armoire in order to avoid scratches . Silver must not come into contact with various chemicals used for cleaning our house hold accessories as these chemicals damage silver . For instance, avoid contact with bleach or ammonia that we use to clean and avoid chlorinated water used during swimming. To get back its shine, we have to clean it. To clean silver polishes, solutions or clothes are available in hardware stores or in craft stores . Based upon the tarnish, the cleaning agents are given . Wearing silver jewelry often is the best way to keep it away from tarnish .