925 Sterling Silver and Tibet Silver

Silver came into use since late 1700’s. Silver being soft metal is used for jewelry and other items. A popular silver mixture, called as alloy, is known as sterling silver. Sterling silver is also known as pure silver. A sterling silver consists of 92.5 % pure silver and 7.5% other metals, like copper. Another definition, sterling silver is an alloy which contains 925 parts of fine silver in 1000 and 75 parts copper. Many distributors prefer selling Sterling silver jewelry online. According to your taste, you can purchase sterling silver jewelry that has a vintage design or modern look. You can buy necklaces, bracelets, silver chains, pins and earrings made up of sterling silver online. Silver chains are made up of different styles like Figaro, rope, box, snake, herringbone, curb and cable. This can be custom designed and made in shapes like diamond cut, double rope, figure eight, rolled anchor and alternating short and long-link.

Genuine Tibetan jewelry—an artistic expression of Tibet’s Buddhist tradition—is usually made of an alloy of silver and copper and sometimes with the addition of gold, nickel or brass ornamentation. Tibet’s artisans begin with high silver content alloys, which they shape by hand. True sterling silver Tibetan jewelry is typically hammered or chiseled, resulting in an appearance that some describe as “rustic” or “ethnic.”

Our online shop collections are all ORIGINAL Ethnic & Tribal Jewelry from Tibet! All the jewelry are handmade by skillful Tibetan and many of them are made by the Lama in the temple.