Silver ring with Sea shell. Width:8mm. Shiny.

Silver 925, also known as Sterling Silver, contains 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper. Pure silver is not used in jewelry making, as it is too soft. Silver has a seductive look with its warm color-temperature and has been used in jewelry making since ancient times. The disadvantage of silver is: It can react to sulfur in the air (depending on air quality and skin type). This is commonly known as ´tarnishing´ or ´oxidation´. The best way to remove these dark spots is the following: polishing cloth boil water in a pan and add some salt and a piece of uncoated aluminium foil. Then put your piece of jewel into the pan and "pickle" it wait for a while. Effective are also polish products especially made for silver-cleaning.

Shellfish are soft animals which defend themselves from wounding and natural enemies two calcite shells. These may be used as basic raw material in making jewels. However, they should be handled with care. Particularly the thinnest ones are very fragile. These shells are the ones with which the jeweller achieves the most beautiful results because the shell allows light through at its thinnest spots. Shells are often found als symbols in arts and mythology. For instance, Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire, was born in a shell .