Take the silver bracelet as an example. First, the weight of a bracelet should be around 10- 15g. According to the process, the total weight of the silver bracelet should be around 10-25g. If the cost of 3-5 yuan/g sterling silver is made into bracelets, we should consider the labor and other expenses. So it seems that the silver bracelet of more than ten yuan only recouped the cost.
You know, in the minds of many old people, there were no such magnificent counters or shops as silver bracelets in the past. In some rural areas, there are still some silversmiths who will carry the burden to buy silver ornaments or clean and sell them. This shows that the old people understand that the value of pure silver itself is not high, so they will believe the lie of "selling at cost price", but they don't know that times have changed. Even if the labor cost of making silver ornaments is cheap, they will not be spared. Next, let's talk about the identification method of silver bracelets.
Weighing method: The weighing mentioned here does not mean finding a standard scale to weigh, which is unrealistic. What we want to say is that we can hold the bracelet in our hands and roughly measure its weight. Generally, true silver is heavier than aluminum, but lighter than copper. People who often come into contact with these utensils or articles at home will naturally weigh the geometric shapes of the parts.
Scraping method: Because silver itself is soft and malleable, it should feel soft in your hand, not as hard as steel or glass, but it will harden if mixed with other metals, so the outer silver plating layer should show different colors after scraping.
Chemical method: This means that if we drop nitric acid on the surface of the silver jewelry we bought home, white foam will appear on the surface of pure silver immediately, and silver chloride precipitation will appear soon, but if there is no such reaction and product, it means that it is an alloy bracelet.
The above three methods are common, but real formal shops will provide the appraisal certificate of silver jewelry, which can only be issued after the professional organization is firm, so you can buy it with confidence as long as you look for the brand. Although the silver bracelet itself is not as expensive as the gold bracelet, you can't trust the products with too low price for the sake of cheapness. Many people will only seize everyone's greed for petty gain and set up a scam. Only when we think it is cheap will we find that the real money has been cheated. Although there is not much money, we have learned our lesson. The so-called "one price, one commodity", if we are so lucky, there will be no business in the world.