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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 2689661, member: 59"]The ice cube method does work but only to the extent that the speed of melting is faster with a solid silver item than with a silver plated item (the silver in the plating will cause the melting but at a slower rate.) And it certainly cannot tell you whether the alloy is sterling or a lower grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 2689661, member: 59"]The ice cube method does work but only to the extent that the speed of melting is faster with a solid silver item than with a silver plated item (the silver in the plating will cause the melting but at a slower rate.) And it certainly cannot tell you whether the alloy is sterling or a lower grade.[/QUOTE]
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