Sterling Silver Hoop Earrings

Silver jewelry never goes out of fashion. Many peopleexample on the inside of a ring or an earring, which
prefer silver to gold, and it is a much more affordablestates the product, is 92.5 pure or sterling silver. The
choice. Silver is used in most types of jewelry, oftennumbers 92.5 or sometimes 925 are used to indicate
combined with beautiful gemstones. If you are about tothe minimum silver content in the product.
buy sterling silver earrings or hoop earrings, here is aAn unfortunate side effect of using copper in the blend
guide to buying quality silver.is that your silver jewelry can become darker over
Pure silver is usually mixed with a variety of metals totime, a common problem with silver items that contain
make it more durable and harder. Because pure silversome copper. It is possible to get rid of at least some
is too soft for making quality jewelry, metals includingof the dark staining by polishing your jewelry pieces
copper are mixed with pure silver, which creates anregularly. When cleaning any silver items, always use a
alloy. Sterling silver is one of the most common typessoft polishing cloth. Toothpaste is sometimes
of these alloys and is very popular in jewelry making. Itrecommended for cleaning silver, although many
is used for silver hoop earrings, necklaces, bracelets,experts also warn that it can scratch the jewelry. In
rings and a variety of jewelry. Copper is often used insome countries and cultures, a specific tooth cleaning
the alloy because of its ability to make the productpowder is used for cleaning darkened silver.
harder.Your decision to purchase silver hoop earrings is a
For a piece of silver jewelry to be sold as sterlingpopular one, just look at any fashion magazine or
silver, solid silver or even labeled as "silver", it has tocelebrity column, you'll notice the hoop style is making a
contain a minimum of 92.5 % of pure silver. You cancome back in a big way.
usually find a small marking on the jewelry, for