Stone necklace out of Silver 925 with Agate. Length:41-46cm. Cross-section:2mm. Adjustable length. 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.

What catches your eyes instantly is Agate´s beautiful, fibrous appearance. Its single bands or layers can be of several colors on the one hand, or almost of one colour on the other hand. However, agate can be easily colored if subjected to a chemical treatment followed by heating. This leads to an array of colors such as mahogany, black, yellow, brown, green and blue. Agate is a charmstone for both the mother and the baby during pregnancy. Its bands protect organs such as the conjunctiva and the whole eye which are also made out of several layers of skin and tissue.