kenscott
Jr. Member
Rhodium Plated Sterling Can Fool Magnet Test
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Last night I was looking at an old necklace I though was fake silver. It was from my early days of silver searchingI when I thought anything attracted to an earth magnet was fake.
Later on I read that rhodium covered sterling silver, especially from Italy, is sometimes barely magnetic in nature.
So, I scratch test the "fake" necklace and it turns out to be sterling as marked. The necklace had been stowed back in a drawer for ages, and last night was the first time I had ran across it after having my acid testing kit.
If any of you have Italian silver you have cast off as fake due to a very weak magnetic draw, you may want to re-examine it with an acid testing kit.
(sorry about typos in heading)
Last night I was looking at an old necklace I though was fake silver. It was from my early days of silver searchingI when I thought anything attracted to an earth magnet was fake.
Later on I read that rhodium covered sterling silver, especially from Italy, is sometimes barely magnetic in nature.
So, I scratch test the "fake" necklace and it turns out to be sterling as marked. The necklace had been stowed back in a drawer for ages, and last night was the first time I had ran across it after having my acid testing kit.
If any of you have Italian silver you have cast off as fake due to a very weak magnetic draw, you may want to re-examine it with an acid testing kit.
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