How to identify silver jewelry

Silver jewelry according to their fineness, from high to low can be divided into silver, silver and silver color. According to processing methods can be divided into casting silver, silver and silver to create fine artifacts. Identification of silver jewelry can also be used:

☆ see color:

The higher the purity, the more silver white, jewelry surface looks evenly shiny, polished. If the lead, jewelry will show a green gray; such as copper, jewelry surface will appear rough, the color is not moist feeling.

☆  weight:

Silver density is slightly larger than the common metals, generally speaking: "Aluminum light, silver weight, copper is not light nor heavy." Thus the weight of silver can make its initial judgment. If the jewelry larger and lighter weight, you can initially determine the jewelry is other metals.

☆ check hardness:

Such as needle skid, the surface is difficult to leave traces, can be determined as copper jewelry; such as lead, tin texture, the use of lead, tin, The traces are obvious, prominent; such as traces of physical leave but not obvious, can be initially determined as silver jewelry.

☆ listen to rhyme:

Silver jewelry ringing, no stretch, sound as "porphyrin pyridine porphyrin da." The lower the fineness, the lower the sound, and the more sharp the higher the sound and rhyme; if the copper, the sound higher and sharp, short and rapid sound short; if the lead, tin texture, the sound is dull, short , No stretch。