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<p>[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 7677, member: 152"]Ok, I took a knife to the back of this thing (silverettes, please forgive me), and I'm wondering what's up with this reaction? Is it just from the silverplate? Because I scratched it quite deeply with a knife, and I didn't see any green bubbling, just the reddish-brown reaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I usually use 18k gold acid for testing silver jewelry, but if I recall correctly, doesn't the reddish brown indicate silver? (and this is why I use gold acid to test silver because I can never get the color indicators right!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1750[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1752[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 7677, member: 152"]Ok, I took a knife to the back of this thing (silverettes, please forgive me), and I'm wondering what's up with this reaction? Is it just from the silverplate? Because I scratched it quite deeply with a knife, and I didn't see any green bubbling, just the reddish-brown reaction. I usually use 18k gold acid for testing silver jewelry, but if I recall correctly, doesn't the reddish brown indicate silver? (and this is why I use gold acid to test silver because I can never get the color indicators right!) [ATTACH=full]1750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1752[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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