925K silver

I see a lot of jewellery items advertised as '925K silver', what is this
exactly?

"Mark W" wrote in message
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I see a lot of jewellery items advertised as '925K silver', what is this
exactly?

Hi Mark,

There's no such thing as 925K silver. On the other hand, .925 (note the
decimal point in front and the lack of a K on the end) is another way of
representing "Sterling Silver," which is 925/1000 parts pure silver. The
other .075 in the U.S. is copper.

Hope this helps,
KG

It means sterling silver. Sterling is comprised of 925 parts fine or pure
silver and 75 parts copper.
Marisa
"Mark W" wrote in message
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I see a lot of jewellery items advertised as '925K silver', what is this
exactly?

vj found this in rec.crafts.jewelry, from "Mark W" :

]I see a lot of jewellery items advertised as '925K silver', what is this
]exactly?

sterling silver.
as opposed to fine silver.


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