Silver earrings with pearls with PVD-coating (gold color) and Fresh water pearl. Width:8mm.

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.

PVD is the abbreviation for "Physical Vapour Deposition" and is a modern technique to coat e.g. jewelry. PVD coating is a purely physical process that takes place at high temperature and under vacuum. The jewelry gets a beautiful gold or rose gold hue and is additionally protected by the PVD coating.