Come visit Orange Box at the Fremont Sunday Market this week from 10 am to 4 pm. I have loads of new jewelry to celebrate spring including some new fine silver pieces. Fine silver is 99.9% silver that does not contain any other trace metals. It doesn't tarnish as easily as sterling silver and is slightly softer. Most commercially available silver is .925 sterling silver which is an alloy. This means it typically has a fine silver content of 92.5% and a copper content of 7.5%. While the copper adds strength to the jewelry it is also what causes sterling silver to tarnish more quickly and easily.
