Are Indian silver ornaments made of pure silver?

Indian silver is not pure silver, but alloy. Although the purity of silver in India is only 92.5%, merchants usually add some other metals to it to earn high profits, and sometimes add some things like sand to increase the brightness of silver, which also leads to the import of silver needed by India accounting for 30% of the global total.

Indian silver is not pure silver. The so-called Indian silver is not pure silver, but alloy. Although the purity of Indian silver is 92.5%, some Indian businessmen will add some other metals to it in order to earn high profits, thus reducing the purity of Indian silver.

In addition to other metals, Indian silver will also add something similar to sand to increase the brightness of silver. Therefore, some people usually choose to import silver in order to buy pure silver, resulting in India's silver imports accounting for 30% of the global total.

In India, silver, like gold, is a precious metal highly respected by Indians. For Indian girls, the more gorgeous gold and silver jewelry, the more they can get married, so gold and silver dowry is a matter of life happiness for Indian girls.