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What Does 925 Mean on Sterling Silver Jewelry?

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925 means that the jewelry piece has 92.5% pure silver and the other 7.5% is made of other alloys such as copper, zinc, and other metals. For every 1000 there is 925 of that in pure silver and the other 75 is made of different metals.

A Jewelry Guide

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A guide on all the different jewelry metals, which are good for sensitive skin and which are not hypoallergenic.

Hypoallergenic Jewelry? What is That?? 

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Hypoallergenic Jewelry? What is that?  Hypoallergenic Jewelry is for those who experience an allergic reaction to specific metals. Most people are allergic to nickel, which is why their bodies react to some jewelry. An allergy to metal means that your immune system sees that specific metal as a threat to your body. It then uses […]