Silver Jewelry

Always hear about 925 silver? Below is a brief description about it.

Silver is like gold, pure silver or fine silver is relatively soft and malleable. Fine silver (99.9%) is generally too soft for producing large functional objects.

Sterling silver is the standard for beautiful high-quality silver jewelry and other objects. It's 92.5% pure silver, and is alloyed with secondary metal (copper, germanium, zinc or platinum) for added strength and durability. Unlike gold, but like platinum, silver purities are expressed as units of a 1,000 parts. The most regularly seen silver purities are:
958 : 95.8% pure silver, also known as Britannia Silver
925 : 92.5% pure silver, also known as Sterling Silver