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From: Peter W . Rowe
Date: Wed Mar 19 23:14:04 2008
 
     
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>     Nickel will melt/alloy with silver, its call nickel silver, and
>     although the majority partner in the alloy is nickel the balance
>     is silver (IIRC~40%). 

    The alloy usually called "nickel silver does NOT contain silver.
    It's essentially a white brass, containing copper (the majority
    metal), zinc, and nickel. The term "nickel silver" is a bit of a
    misnomer, since that alloy only looks somewhat like silver (well,
    it's white, but not at all as white as sterling), but does not
    actually contain silver. 

    Silver and nickel might indeed form an alloy (I don't really know),
    but frankly, I'm not aware of any such alloys in common commercial
    jewelry use... 

Peter Rowe
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