Sterling Silver chain and sterling silver necklaces have been popular for centuries.
Quality sterling Silver chain is machine made to precision workmanship.
Hand made silver chain has been made for centuries and this old style silver is not sterling silver 925.Most tribal silver is crude silver bars worked at 95-99% pure silver.
This silver is made direct from mine or smelter and smelted at factory so it is very pure but does vary in silver purity.
Australia, Thailand are renown as top quality 925 silver chain manufactures.
Tribal areas from Thailand to Nepal ,for tribal jewelry and silver chain.
Silver from china is very suspect as china makes chain but not 925 silver even if stamped 925, as they heavily rhodium plated their silver chain but quality is not as good as Thailand
Thailand also imports bulk chain from Italy and hand make small bracelets or necklaces ,so we recommend Thailand or Australian silver chain
SILVER is a very popular precious metal because it is a very resistant mineral. Silver does not react to water or oxygen. However when silver is exposed to air it has a reaction to Sulphur and sulphides’ causing SILVER to tarnish.
However there are chemicals coatings that are used to protect it from tarnishing and polishing it removes the tarnish.
Silver is a mineral which is easy to work with that's why is so popular with Jewellers.
Silver Cleaning
Make sure you clean your silver often. If you clean your silver all the time, it will not tarnish.
Silver can be washed in warm water with detergent (as long as the detergent is phosphate free).
Always make sure that you wash stainless steel dishes separately from silver because the silver will tarnish.
