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Sterling silver, or 925 sterling silver is a silver alloy that is commonly used for jewellery making.  You will often see the numbers '925' associated with sterling silver, more often than not '925' will be stamped somewhere on your finding.  This is a form of certification to essentially prove the article is 925 sterling silver. The number '925' represents the "fineness" of the alloy by weight, and literally means that it is 92.5% silver - the minimum standard for sterling silver..  It is possible to find fine silver jewellery findings (99% + silver), but as silver is a very soft metal...

Although we, at FindPak Supplies, prefer to quote all of our wire thickness in mm you will often see it quoted in gauge, or American Wire Gauge (AWG) as the unit is officially known.  Jump rings, split rings, beading wire, leather cord and many other jewellery making supplies can be quoted in AWG. It is very useful to be able to convert American Wire Gauge into the Metric mm units so we have put together a handy conversion chart.  Wire gauge values run opposite to metric values, the smaller the gauge the thicker the wire.  Gauge Diameter (mm) Diameter (inches)...