The Susan G. Komen Foundation says that... "One Person Can Make a Difference - This year, we celebrate nearly 25 years of patient advocacy, building awareness and investing $630 million in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs. " www.komen.org I send all orders out within 24 hours if paid by credit card online and in stock merchandise only. Except around holidays lead time increases to 3-5 days so please order early.

Keep silver in an air tight place to prevent tarnish or purchase anti tarnish strips available at Polly=s (air and light cause tarnish).

Yes, it is Native American made. We buy it direct from the Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi people in person. Our collection is mainly South Western, but we do have a small collection of Plains Indian jewelry in the store.

Most of the jewelry we carry is made of sterling silver. This means that 92.5% of the metal is a precious metal. But we also carry jewelry that is not sterling. It is called Alpaca or "Mexican silver." This metal is made up of nickel, brass, copper, and/or tin as well as a small percentage of silver. It is actually dipped or "plated" in silver.

All imported sterling silver is required to be marked .925, it may be stamped in the metal or if the item is to small it may only have a tag attached or inside the packaging. Domestic jewelry made in the U.S. however, is not required to be stamped or tagged.

Many of our buyers have retail shops or silver jewelry kiosks in shopping malls. Some sell at swap meets, flea markets, festivals and fairs. Others sell to friends and family at jewelry parties, or to colleagues at work. Some sell on the Internet, on their own websites and on auction sites such as eBay. Some silver jewelry sellers arrange a jewelry show at lunch time in their workplace cafeteria or break room.

In addition to wholesale sterling silver chains, we specialize in sterling silver rings and earrings via our sister site, http://www.silversource.com. We also plan to offer charms and pendants soon. this time, we do not sell jewelry displays, gold, platinum, or base-metal/costume jewelry, sliders, findings, beads, clasps, coins, bullion, wire and sheet silver or branded merchandise. Unfortunately we usually can't special-order such items.

A thousand sincere apologies, but...Nope! If a sterling silver jewelry wholesale product is not currently in our catalog we cannot help you locate the item. Return to top

A:Although silver in its natural form is harder than gold, it is still considered too soft for use in fine jewelry, and so it is alloyed with other metals to give it strength. Sterling silver is composed of 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper, which makes the metal harder and more durable. In addition to its relative strength, silver is also the most malleable and ductile of all metals.

I have found that using an inexpensive jeweler's silver polishing cloth does the job quite effectively without the need to resort to using more abrasive methods. The cloth is impregnated with jewelers rouge which will remove the silver oxidation that tarnishes the sterling silver 75s. For more stubborn tarnished areas, simply wet the cloth slightly when using it. Just remember to use the cloth lightly as it is safer though it may take a bit longer to remove the oxidation.

Sterling silver comprises 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% various other metal compounds. Sterling may also be marked 925. Silver jewelry marked 940, 950, 960, 970, or 980 are of higher silver content than is sterling. Many of the famous jewelry manufacturers in Taxco utilized high content silver for jewelry because of the fact that it was less likely to tarnish, the glow was of a more subtle nature, and the color of the silver was slightly different.

Fine silver is pure silver (0.999 or 99.9% pure). Sterling silver is 92.5% silver to which is added other metals, primarily copper, as alloys. These other metals make the sterling harder than fine silver. Fine silver will tarnish, but not as fast as sterling. It doesn't tend to go as thoroughly black as sterling can go. Point of interest, silver does not "oxidize" - it is a sulphur reation, rather than an oxygen reaction.