[Jewelry making - Article 00209] - [Orchid] Refining commercial beads

[Sarah Liron]

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    I am getting ready to send my first refining order in to Hoover &
    Strong but have a few questions. I am mainly sending in commercially
    made beads- some sterling and some what is sold as "Thai silver". The
    latter is purported to be a higher silver content than sterling. ( I
    have been told anywhere from 95% to 98%.) (I bought the beads a long
    time ago and don't want to deal with selling them.) 

    I have approximately 150 troy oz. of each type. I am wondering if it
    is worthwhile for me to have the Thai silver assayed - and pay an
    assay fee- or just have it considered sterling and reimbursed at 70%
    of the silver market. 

    I also wanted to ask about gold plated sterling items. Again- these
    are commercially purchased beads. (I am getting out of the beading
    business and committing myself to fabricating.) From what I
    understand, unless I have very large quantities, it may be best to
    run these with the sterling. I hate to let that gold "go", but I
    really don't know what the gold content truly is. 

    Does anyone have advice on these 2 matters? 

    Thank you for dealing with such elementary questions - Sarah
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