Rhodium, from the platinum family, is a metal that does not tarnish. It is plated over silver so that you do not have to clean it as often. It is much shinier than silver though, a true lover of sterling silver may not like the shine of rhodium.
Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
18kgp is 18 carat gold plated so it is not gold inside just plated in gold which will wear off with time and sterling silver is silver all through it not plated.
A nine carrot gold plated sterling silver is both gold and silver. This would be more sliver than gold.
what is the differences between gold plated and gold over silver.
It is gold plated on sterling silver
Sheridan silver is copper plated with silver.
Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
only some of their jewelery are sterling silver and it will state weither it is plated or sterling silver.
First of all, theres no such thing as "silver plated sterling". Sterling is 92.5% silver, anything plated is just plated. If the item is solid sterling silver, its metal value depends on the current price of silver - but it may be worth more as a collectible. If it's plated base metal it has very little value.
99.99% of the time it is Plated, once again it is not silver. the only flatware that is made of silver will say on it somewhere STERLING
silver plate
18kgp is 18 carat gold plated so it is not gold inside just plated in gold which will wear off with time and sterling silver is silver all through it not plated.
Sterling means that an item is solid silver of a certain quality, not plated.
In the US, sterling silver will ALWAYS be hallmarked with the word "sterling" or "925." Silver plated will never be hallmarked. Anything plated with a precious metal, no matter how thick the plating, will never be hallmarked.Neither sterling nor silverplate is magnetic, unless the plating is over a steel or iron core, which is rarely the case.
They did both genuine sterling and sterling plate, the genuine flatware and dishes will be marked Sterling.
They can Be plated in silver... its costly though
A nine carrot gold plated sterling silver is both gold and silver. This would be more sliver than gold.