How to identify silver jewelry

Silver is a beautiful metal with great white luster and it is popular with people. It is widely used in the ornaments and jewelry making. But sometimes people can’t tell it from other metals like platinum because they all look white. But silver is softer and malleable than white gold or platinum. Next, we can teach you how to identify silver jewelry.

4 ways to identify silver jewelry:

1. Look for markings of the jewelry. You can check the clasp, inside ring for any marking of the jewelry. The marking can show you the information of the materials.

2. Use a magnifying glass or jeweler’s loupe to check carefully. The mark may show “925”, “STER” or “STERLING”. If like this, the jewelry is silver jewelry.

3. Use your hand to bend the silver jewelry. It is well known that the silver is soft and it is easy to bend but not easily broken. If the jewelry is barely moving off, the silver jewelry is a low of fineness. If the jewelry is easy to break, it is not silver jewelry.

4. You can also take your jewelry to the jewelry store or some professional jeweler to check whether it is silver jewelry or not.

Silver jewelry can make us shining and gorgeous. We love its luster. If you are not sure the jewelry is silver, hope this method can help you. And you can use the above methods to identify the jewelry when you buy silver jewelry.