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Yes, chlorine does turn sterling silver black!!
Technibond is a brand of gold jewelry that consists of a layer of 14K gold over a sterling silver base. When well maintained and cared for, Technibond should maintain its gold color and not turn colors. However, exposure to harsh chemicals or excessive wear and tear may cause the gold layer to wear off over time, revealing the silver underneath.
Turn the ring or piece of jewelry over. What you are reading is most likely .925, which is the marking for Sterling Silver.
Gold-tone over base metal is not the same as gold. Silver-tone over base metal is not the same thing as silver. Many base metals are used to make jewelry, and they are often coated with paint to make it look like gold or silver, but once the paint wears off, the metal can react with the skin and turn it green. This is especially true of jewelry that is made of copper and then coated with paint. Copper reacts to the sweat in a person's skin, and turns green. Gold-filled and gold-plated jewelry may also have certain base metals that react with a person's skin. The same is true of silver-plated and silver-filled. Sterling silver, Bali silver and such are not reactive and should not turn the skin green. Gold should not turn the skin green. Electroplate is another way of fusing gold or silver to base metal, and it is very durable, but if the plating ever cracks, the base metal could be reactive with the skin. The way to avoid purchasing something that will turn your skin green is to check for the tiny stamp imprinted on gold (it will tell how many carats of gold the jewelry is made of) and sterling silver (it will say sterling, and perhaps be accompanied by some numbers).
Yes. Sterling silver and silver plate are both sterling silver on the outside, so both will tarnish. The difference is real sterling is sterling all the way through; plate is only a thin skin (about .20 mm or 8/1000 of an inch) of sterling over a cheaper base metal alloy.
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Hi,you can check your `sterling silver` jewellery from China with these easy tricks:You may test it with nitric acid. In an inconspicuous place on the item, lightly scratch or scuff a small spot and apply a tiny drop of nitric acid to the spot. Silver plated brass, nickel silver or low quality silver alloys will turn green when a drop of nitric acid is applied because of the high copper content. Sterling will turn a creamy color. If it turns black, it is coin silver. When testing items you suspect may be silver plated, use a small file to cut through any plating or lacquer in a discreet area on the item. If you see a gold color, you can assume it is brass that has been silver plated.Another test is to use a magnet. Sterling silver will not stick to a magnet, but just because the piece does not stick does not mean that it is sterling silver. Therefore, use this only as a secondary test.
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It is the nickel in some silver jewelry that reacts with your body chemistry to turn your skin and the jewelry black. .925 Sterling Silver, such as that offered by Tiffany and Silpada, contains no nickel. .925 sterling silver is 92.5 pure silver, with only 6.5% copper added for stablity.
Silver in the fine powder form is black, that is happening on slight friction of silver metal, which is soft
I do not know of anything that would turn sterling yellow , but if there is, it will come off after a serious polishing. Get some silver polish and shine it up- it is still yellow, it is brass or something else that looks like brass.
Silver does not turn into gold after cleaning. Silver and gold are two different metals with distinct properties and cannot transform into one another through cleaning or any other process.