Silver Rings
Looking for a special ring for your partner? At Silver Ring Australia, you can find jewellers who specialise in providing outstanding craftsmanship when making custom made silver rings. Browse our listings to find a silver ring jeweller near you.
Silver rings are growing in popularity amongst consumers today with couples looking for something extra special in their gifts for their partners to know how deep their commitment to the relationship is. Silver is a soft metal, which makes the job easier for jewellers when couples want an intricate design displayed on their rings.
Silver rings also have the added advantage of being cheaper than gold or platinum rings. However, because of the craftsmanship required for intricate designs you could be paying substantially more for a silver ring than a plain gold band.
Because silver is so soft you will find that most silver rings including wedding and engagement rings are made up of sterling silver alloys that contain 7.5 percent of a stronger metal like copper, to give them more strength. We generally only hear of Sterling silver, which has a Millesimal fineness grading of 925. The Millesimal fineness is the system we use to tell us the purity of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum alloys by parts per thousand. Fine Silver 999 has a grading of 99.9% (pure) and is used in bullion bars.
There are many different types of silver rings that people wear. Women have traditionally worn engagement rings on their left-hand ring finger as a sign that they have accepted a marriage proposal. Today, more and more men are also wearing engagement rings. Diamond rings are generally bought as engagement rings with silver diamond rings less expensive than gold and platinum rings but offering intricate designs because of the softness of silver.
There are other precious stones that people use in their silver rings including Emeralds, Sapphires and Rubies. Many of these silver rings with precious stones are sold by jewellers as anniversary or birthday gifts. Silver is the symbol for the 25th wedding anniversary, making a silver ring with your wife’s birthstone the perfect gift idea. There is a full listing of birthstones and the month that they represent in our Gemstones and Silver section.
Other rings used as friendship, engagement and marriage rings include silver Claddagh rings and silver Celtic rings. Many of these rings feature a precious stone such as a diamond or a sapphire. Silver rings can tarnish in humidity, and you will need to keep them clean with a soft cloth. Because silver is a soft metal you will need to take some care with your silver ring because you can also damage it by simply scratching on an abrasive surface.
Silver rings have clearly made a mark in fashion with many women preferring the white-blue metal of silver as a match for their wardrobe. Fashion trends with silver also include belly rings, which have increased in popularity over the last 10 years. Body piercing of the bellybutton is mainly popular with women who can simply hide their body piercing until it is appropriate to display it. So popular are bellybutton rings that jewellers have now begun making clip on bellybutton rings, following in the footsteps of clip on earrings.