[Jewelry making - Article 00138] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling Silver and Nickel

[Beth Rosengard]

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>     While there might be some experimental stuff somewhere out
>     there, the sterling that 99.99999999999999% of the people buy and
>     sell has no nickel in it. 

    You're right of course, Daniel (and Richard, who made a similar
    point). I was merely talking about principle: The 75 parts of
    sterling that are not silver could be anything -- in principle. In
    practice, however, those 75 parts are almost always copper. No
    argument there :-). And it seems from what Jim wrote that nickel is
    an unlikely (if not impossible) component - in practice. 

Beth
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