Tibetan silver is used primarily in jewellery components, and is similar to pewter - an alloy of copper, and sometimes tin or nickel, with a small percentage of pure silver. Its overall appearance is of aged silver, but it can be polished to provide highlights on complex castings. The nickel content is nowadays reduced or absent, due to common allergies to this metal.

Tibet silver used to have a higher silver content a decade or two ago, up to 30% or higher, but cheaper reproductions from Far Eastern factories have diluted the term. The genuine article can only really be got from the metal and silversmiths in situ, some of whom still manage to produce work from their long tradition of gold and silversmithing in this country. The related term 'Nepalese silver', however, seems to have held on to the higher silver content and association with quality metalsmithing.
For more information please visit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_silver

This necklace is approximatly 16 inches in length and was made with two shades of crackle glass beads and a Tibetan silver pendant.  There are 30 small strands of beads suspended from the pendant.  In some light the lighter beads look purple; in other light they appear to be blue.  At any rate, this is a colorful and springy necklace that I'm sure you'll love.  Note there are two clasps on this one, and that they connect the pendant to the rest of the necklace.  Very unique and very, very fun!

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