[Jewelry making - Article 00216] - Re: [Orchid] Cooksons' Brillante silver

[nick]

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    Germanium is added to silver instead of silicon and as such is great
    for casting but not so good for wire and sheet as it tends to make
    the metal more brittle. Brilliante silver's name suggests it has
    tellurium added but it does not show in the analysis. this would
    have the same effect as Si or Ge if it was thus. I think that it is
    just .935 silver and as such will be brighter and less prone to
    oxidation than sterling as a matter of course. Britannia standard
    silver is .958 and is better for making bezels, enamelling etc than
    sterling anyway and has been around since 1670 so is not new. 

nick
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