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Liz Tuesday, April 06, 2010
   
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    I had bought some "silver" on ebay from a seller located in China.
    To make a long story short I discovered the stuff was plated, or so
    I hope. 

    I bought some silver testing acid from Kassoy. I followed
    instructions somebody (from another forum) had given me, since the
    acid did not come with any instructions. 

    I rubbed the suspect silver on the test stone and I dripped the acid
    solution onto the silver. 

    The test piece proceeded to effervesce, somewhat like a alka seltzer
    tablet in water. 

    The silver coating dissolved, turning the solution a dark gray, an d
    most of the copper was exposed. 

    My question is, what do I have? Silver plated or silver 'tone'? I
    must have at least 2 ounces worth of this junk, if it is sterling
    plated, is it worth my while to have it refined into pure sterling
    silver? 

Liz


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