when jewellery says metal silver- 58% ....what does this mean? is it silver or not...??

[steelman805]

when describing the metal of jewellery....

What does the seller mean by ....silver 58%

is it silver ??

[kroutpick]

The item is probably an alloy containing 58% silver, 42% of other non precious metals such as copper, nickel, etc.

Usually, jewellery are made of sterling silver (0.925), alloy containing 92,5% of silver and 7,5% of other metals, usually copper.

[pjcdn2005]

It is only considered sterling silver if the silver content is .925 or more. There is a lot of costume jewelry that has much less silver in it.