ITALIAN STERLING SILVER CHAINS - STERLING SILVER PERIDOT EARRINGS - FINE SILVER BEADS.
Italian Sterling Silver Chains
Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.
Silver of 921/2 percent purity
Silver of a fineness of 92.5%.
a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper
the Romance language spoken in Italy
Of or relating to Italy, its people, or their language
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language; "Italian cooking"
a native or inhabitant of Italy
Confine with a chain
Fasten or secure with a chain
irons: metal shackles; for hands or legs
(chain) connect or arrange into a chain by linking
(chain) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
a color saturated boro lampwork nugget (14mm x 11mm) swings on thick sterling silver from a 16" italian sterling silver box chain. all high quality sterling that has been deeply oxidized and hand polished.
a word about boro lampwork beads ~ borosilicate (aka boro) glass is a very unique and specialized variety of glass. its composition is different from the "soft" glass that is normally used for lampwork beads, resulting in a much stronger finished piece. although more expensive than a softer glass, boro offers some amazingly gorgeous color spectrums when viewed in different types of light, but the colors are most dynamic & vibrant in direct sunlight.
flashpoint... fiery labradorite nugget and sterling silver box chain necklace
a georgeous sharply faceted nugget (quite large at about 10 x 16.25mm) of flashy labradorite with loads of blue & green fire swings on a sterling silver circlet from a 16" italian sterling silver box chain. this is really great quality labradorite, the flash doesn't show well at all in the photos, nearly every faceted side has a gorgeous fiery flash of color.