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by David Tang, Dav

With the economy being increasingly global in today's world, what more and more people are finding is that the products they purchase are not manufactured, constructed or even assembled in the places where they assume them to be from initially. For example, if you go to the grocery store and take a look at some of the products available at the grocery store, what you are going to find is that a lot of the products that are now being sold are not grown natively to where you live. In fact, depending on where in the world you live and which store you go to, you might actually find that none of the products are manufactured where you live!

Now, groceries are where this phenomenon is the most obvious, but another place where you can see it is in the silver business. Whenever you purchase anything that is silver, what you are doing is you are primarily paying for the material silver and therefore depending on where that silver was excavated from, you are going to find that the prices will fluctuate up and down depending on exactly where that silver is from.

This might seem like a foreign concept to you, but just stop and think about it for a moment. What we are talking about here is a global economy; the concept of an economy where goods and services travel from one place to another all of the time as well as a place where a product can start at one part of the world and quite easily make its way across the world to another part.

This means that places where the currencies have a lower value (primarily Asian economies), the amount of money spent in order to excavate a certain amount of silver material, in absolute terms, is less than what would be spent in a North American economy (The US and Canadian dollars being very valuable currencies in comparison to most of the rest of the world). Therefore, the people that are doing the excavation have the luxury of being able to pass those savings along and ultimately this is what can be observed when you purchase a piece of silver from a different country for a cheaper price.

As is usually the case when economies are being discussed, the concept of the imported silver is just one side of the coin. If you have read other articles on this website, then you are familiar with the concept of wholesale silver already. It is simply silver being sold in bulk at cheaper costs. Now, the concept of imported silver is one that saves you money and the concept of wholesale silver is also one that saves you money. Combining these two ideas into a super money saving idea is the next natural progression and when you go to a lot of warehouses, this is exactly what you see. Silver that has been imported and put on wholesale so that the savings that the customer gets are twice as large as they normally would be.

At first, simply take a soft dry cloth and remove any surface dirt or grime. A healthy and vigorous dry polish can go a long way in removing nasty unwanted particles and smudges, and offers little threat to the integrity of your jewellery. It can also single-handedly restore the natural shine that may have been dulled by wear, skin oils, moisturizers, hairspray, perfume, and all the other pesky threats that want to keep your gemstone less than lustrous. By all means, try to stick to the policy of applying all lotions and sprays before putting on jewellery- this is really the first rule of accessory hygiene. (Giving your accessories a quick dry buff with a cotton cloth after daily wear will also make cleaning easier and less crucial.)

In the event that the dry rub isn’t enough, a mild soapy solution should be your next resort. Mix some lukewarm (never hot) water with a little bit of gentle, non anti-bacterial dish soap, and soak your accessory in the solution for a few minutes. This should loosen up grime and dirt, and you can then use a cloth to continue the lather and scrub away bad spots. If you think more friction is in order, soak longer and use a soft-bristled toothbrush to lather the surface of the stone in gentle circular motions. Finally, give your jewellery a cool, thorough rinse, and pat dry with a cotton cloth. Voila! Gleaming.

About 99% of the time, the above method should be more than adequate in restoring shine and lustre. If not, you can make a slightly more abrasive solution with six parts water to one part ammonia, and use that instead of the soapy water.

You may also consider buying an ultrasonic cleaner. Despite increasingly affordable prices and assurances of safe, gentle cleaning, I would advise against using such machines. Some gemstones respond poorly to ultrasonic treatment (opal, turquoise, and emerald to name a few), and you should definitely never use it for anything organic like pearls, wooden beads, shell, or coral. Furthermore, even a gemstone which is thought to be resistant to this kind of cleaning may have had minor cracks filled with oil (a very common practice known as polymer impregnation) which may deteriorate in an ultrasonic machine. This means that your stones’ invisible, patched-over cracks will become increasingly visible cleaning after cleaning.

The good news is that you really shouldn’t need one of those machines anyway, as soapy water and ammonia solution are a virtually unstoppable tag team. Another good thing about the soapy method is that since it is also safe for most metals that bear your gemstones, like sterling silver and gold vermeil, you shouldn’t need to worry about having to use two cleaning methods for one piece of jewellery.

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