#argentium silver

[treasures-and-beauty]

Mimicry by Jeanie Pratt. Argentium silver, fine silver, 24k, 22k, and 18k gold, niobium, opals, moonstone, rutilated quartz, quartz crystal, sunstone, ammolite, freshwater cultured pearls, glass, enamel, moth wings, beetle wings.

[oldearthminerals]

Citrine & Tarnish Resistant Argentium Silver Wire Wrapped Pendant $75 plus shipping.

https://www.oldearthminerals.com/shop/p/citrine-argentium-silver-tarnish-resistant-wire-wrapped-pendant-dp2py

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[jewel-jaunt]

Metals Used in Jewelry - What Should You Choose?

Metals Used in Jewelry

There are many metals used in jewelry with different properties, appearances, cost and shine. It is up to a person that what kind of metal they want and how much budget they have. Here is a list of most popular metals used in jewelry.

Gold

Gold is the most widely used metal in jewelry. It is found in different purity levels such as 9k, 14k and 18k. Apart from this, it is also mixed with other metals such as copper, platinum etc. to make different alloys of gold. Common gold alloys are yellow gold, rose gold and white gold.

2. Silver

Silver is the cheapest but good metal of the lot. It can be easy found in many compositions such as 925 Silver, Argentium Silver and 950 silver. There are certain problems with silver alloys as well. One of the biggest one is tarnishing. Tarnishing does silver to appear black in color and overall appearance is gone.

3. Platinum

Platinum is one of the most expensive metals used in jewelry. People use this metal as a replacement of white gold because it is more shiner and durable. Yes, you have to pay a lot of money for this metal but the overall benefit with it is useful.

4. Copper

Copper is another metal used in jewelry. Copper jewelry is mostly used as costume jewelry. As it can tarnish easily, faster than silver, it is used for short span of time. That's why people wear copper jewelry plated with any other metal which can save it from tarnishing.

What Metal Should You Use?

This choice is up to the person who is buying the metal. If you want to stick with some traditional metal, then gold is the best choice. It is always better to buy gold jewelry in high purity level as 14k or 18k. Silver is a good metal if you are going to wear it for a short time. Platinum is one metal which can be used by people if they have a lot of money to pay. Copper jewelry should not be worn by anyone if they dont need much jewelry. If you go to parties and events a lot, then you will need a lot of jewelry. And copper jewelry can be a good replacement for it.

[oldearthminerals]

Mexican Fire Agate & Tarnish Resistant Argentium Silver Wire Wrapped Pendant $55 plus shipping.

https://www.oldearthminerals.com/shop/p/mexican-fire-agate-wire-wrap-pendant-silver-wire-argentium-silver-hagy6

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[blackirishweab]

Since the last tsuchime finished ring I made was given to my mom (and my puzzle ring got messed up when I fell and I don’t feel like repairing it) I decided to make another for me so we had matching rings. I sanded and polished the back of my ballpeen hammer so it left the surface with smooth dents instead of looking stippled this time. Very pleased with how it came out.

[blackirishweab]

It warped a bit when I was soldering it closed so it doesn’t fully align at the join, but I’m very pleased with how it came out. Now I just need to figure out how to get the weave pattern to sync up with actual ring sizes so I don’t have to cut it small and stretch it to size just to keep the pattern right.

[blackirishweab]

I was up until 5am yesterday trying to make a braided ring by fusing the strands before I started braiding and it failed horribly (as you can see from the ring on my thumb). So today, while I was waiting on my grandmother to get back from a funeral, I decided to remake it only using the solder to close it up. It looks great so far. I’m just hoping that it survives the soldering without any of the strands melting or crumbling.

[blackirishweab]

Some pics of the new ring in better lighting