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Valma Spencer-Sun Saturday, November 21, 2009
   
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    I have been cleaning a students sterling silver chain maille
    bracelet which was left in a commercial jewellery cleaning fluid
    while she went on holiday, the solution dried out and the jewellery
    became coated with a thick black and rust coloured deposit. In the
    cleaning fluid was a mixture of jewellery, gold, sterling and
    gemstones. 

    Tumbling has removed all of this deposit, some of the chain is now
    it's original sparkling silver, but some of the chain has patches of
    a light copper colour as though it has been very unevenly copper
    plated. Some rings in the chain are now both silver and copper!!! 

    Why and how has this copper stain appeared on the sterling silver
    and is it possible to remove it. 

Val S-S
ValleyGem


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