May I ask the difference between Tibetan silver and sterling silver, and the value of Tibetan silver?

1, different silver content. Sterling silver generally refers to the content of 99.99% silver or content of 92.5% 925 sterling silver. And now the international common identification of silver jewelry, whether it is pure silver standard is usually used by us 925 silver; Tibetan silver can be said to have 70% of copper, as well as 30% of the silver composition.

2, the color is different. Tibetan silver color is generally vintage black and gray with bronze, very simple and ethnic style. While the color of sterling silver is silver-white, very fashionable.

3, workmanship is not the same. Sterling silver jewelry to see the workmanship, really more delicate than Tibetan silver jewelry, and set the stone is mostly real turquoise, red coral, etc., the stone is better quality, its brightness is also stronger than the Tibetan silver to some, Tibetan silver compared to the workmanship, although it is also fine, there is a luster, but compared to sterling silver or some poor.

Extended information:

Silver jewelry in general are less likely to lose their color. Silver jewelry should generally be hallmarked with the abbreviation for silver ("S" or "Silver"). Standard silver is stamped S925, and sterling silver is stamped S990, but there are many countries that do not stamp their silver jewelry.

Tibetan silver is a name for what is actually an alloy. Tibetan silver is the elegant name for white copper (copper-nickel alloy), which is traditionally thirty percent silver plus seventy percent copper. Because the silver content is still too low, so now you can not see on the market, Tibetan silver content is relatively low, in pre-liberation Tibet silver is very little.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tibetan Silver

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sterling Silver