Silver jewelry is the "other white metal". Full of fashion and history, this precious metal has been around for a very long time. Durable and elegant, silver has been the choice of many kings and queens for hundreds of years. First mentioned historically in 1078, and used for trade up until the late 20th century when governments decided it was too valuable to continue producing as coin currency. Silver Jewelry is usually 92.5% pure and mixed with other metals to create a more durable product that pure silver cannot provide alone. Generally, in silver jewelry, copper is the metal of choice to give it strength.
Mar 18, 2010
In the spirit of the Irish and everyone's favorite green holiday, resourceful party-goers have found an interesting use for their leftover flat beer. Apparently all beers (aside from dark ales) have an amazing ability to polish gold. There are several alleged methods to this madness, one of which involves simply soaking gold jewelry in a beer filled dish for several minutes and then drying. Another involves scrubbing the jewelry with a beer soaked cloth using more of a buffing technique as opposed to a simple bath. Whether these ingenious ideas work or not, it is important to note that beer should NEVER be used to clean gemstone jewelry. Aside from absorbing beers' famous smell (unless that's what you're into) it will deteriorate the soft gemstones and potentially ruin your favorite gemstone or diamond earrings.