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I am looking at buying a crucifix.I have acidic skin and the only piece of jewelry I haven't corroded is a ring that as far as I know is pure silver. I can't afford gold. I need to know what is considered GOOD silver. i.e sterling silver is that pure ? No speculations please guys. What do I need to look for. And if anybody is Orthodox,I need some good leads on some affordable and reputable websites selling Orthodox crosses. Thanks for your time and have a great shave man !:shrug:
Look these two sellers.
Andija737 LifeRelics items - Get great deals on Jewelry - Crosses, Jewelry - Pendants items on eBay Stores!
virginbee | eBay
I bought some things from them.
Sterling silver is 92.5 percent (925 parts) pure silver and 7.5 percent (75 parts) alloy metal.Coins are typically 90%.
Hope that helps...
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Thanks for the help guys,it's appreciated.
The only problem is silver will tarnish and turn black and you will be always polishing it. You can get bullion grade silver which is 99.99% pure and it is resistant to tarnish but I don't know anyone who fashions things out of it, you would have to go custom which is expensive. You can check out gold vermeil which is sterling silver with gold plate overlay and probably these days sterling with Ion Plate in gold also called "Swiss Gold layering". You could also check out Titanium and Tungsten Carbide.
I don't have a problem with polishing.My silver ring which is pretty pure causes me no grief.Thanks though.
I have ordered from Gallery Byzantium - Orthodox Crosses, Byzantine Crosses, Celtic Crosses, Russian Crosses, Orthodox Medallions, Christian Earrings, Christian Jewelry with good results.
Yeah I came across that site the other day.I'm going to check it out again,seems like a good one.Did you get silver or gold from them just out of curiosity?
Silver Nicene cross. It continues to serve me well.
You could always fashion one out of Stainless Steel. There are a bunch of creative folks here and sure some could offer some advice. A bit of drill press and file work and you should be good to go.
Good Idea,I may consider that if all else faills,thank you on that for sure.
Stainless is an idea I'll second. I am experiencing the same thing as you, I cannot wear silver well, so I've been using stainless. There are a lot of sellers on ebay for stainless, and also tungsten, some with nice gold details.
Actually..I wear silver very well...I don't get black or green skin or any thing like that.The silver tarnishes a bit but does not affect me.But when I wear other metals,they corrode away. I've done it with wrist watches and necklaces and way back in the biker style days I did it to earings. My problem is finding pure enough silver that I wont eat away.That's why I try to avoid plate metals.And there are so many snake oil salesmen out there.And really to be honest,that's why I don't really like E-bay because there are so many if's and maybe's out there.