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sterling silver vs. 14k white gold
Which is the stronger metal as far as rings are concerned?
Such as, which is more prone to bending, breaking, etc. and will last longer under constant wear. Not necessarily tarnishing. TIA, Porks |
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porkchops wrote:
Which is the stronger metal as far as rings are concerned? Such as, which is more prone to bending, breaking, etc. and will last longer under constant wear. Not necessarily tarnishing. TIA, Porks There is no alloy in silver, wich could be made as strong as all possible alloys in white gold. White gold is harder. Why Do You want to kow that? Best wishes, Heinrich Butschal -- www.juwelen.online-boerse.org www.meister-atelier.de www.butschal.de Gutachten und Beratung |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:15:52 GMT, Heinrich Butschal
wrote: porkchops wrote: Which is the stronger metal as far as rings are concerned? Such as, which is more prone to bending, breaking, etc. and will last longer under constant wear. Not necessarily tarnishing. TIA, Porks There is no alloy in silver, wich could be made as strong as all possible alloys in white gold. White gold is harder. She's asking about sterling, which is an alloy. In the US, it's .925 with the rest usually copper. -- Marilee J. Layman |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:06:32 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry Marilee J. Layman
wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:15:52 GMT, Heinrich Butschal wrote: porkchops wrote: Which is the stronger metal as far as rings are concerned? Such as, which is more prone to bending, breaking, etc. and will last longer under constant wear. Not necessarily tarnishing. TIA, Porks There is no alloy in silver, wich could be made as strong as all possible alloys in white gold. White gold is harder. She's asking about sterling, which is an alloy. In the US, it's .925 with the rest usually copper. Rignt. And as Heinrich correctly states, there are no silver alloys, including sterling silver, which are as hard as any of the white gold alloys. He was not saying there are no silver alloys, only that none of them are as hard as white golds. Peter |
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 02:08:25 GMT, Peter W. Rowe
pwrowe@ixDOTnetcomDOTcom wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:06:32 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry Marilee J. Layman wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:15:52 GMT, Heinrich Butschal wrote: porkchops wrote: Which is the stronger metal as far as rings are concerned? Such as, which is more prone to bending, breaking, etc. and will last longer under constant wear. Not necessarily tarnishing. TIA, Porks There is no alloy in silver, wich could be made as strong as all possible alloys in white gold. White gold is harder. She's asking about sterling, which is an alloy. In the US, it's .925 with the rest usually copper. Rignt. And as Heinrich correctly states, there are no silver alloys, including sterling silver, which are as hard as any of the white gold alloys. He was not saying there are no silver alloys, only that none of them are as hard as white golds. Ah, I forgot about sentence order. -- Marilee J. Layman |
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