Welcome to Fine Divine Jewellery, 

We sell fine jewellery for less than your high street jewellery store, this is because your high street jewellers have a profit margin mark up of 300% on their wholesale jewellery. They charge upto 300% in order to make a profit that covers their shop rent, electricity and high street shop business rates. 

Here at Fine Divine Jewellery I tell you more about Jewellery so you learn about metals and the jewellery making process, so you get to learn something new as well as an online shopping experience. I will also break some Myths that jewellers would have you believe in order for you to come back and purchase more. 

Myth-Wearing Jewellery in the Bath/Shower.

Jewellers will tell you yes you can wear your jewellery whilst in the bath, shower, whilst washing up or cleaning with chemicals, this infact is not true. You are told this so when your sterling silver jewellery tarnishes you will go back and purchase more or they simply don't care or they may not know anything about jewellery and precious metals. 

Sterling Silver is made up of 92.5% sterling silver which is in itself a very soft and fragile metal, if you have 100% sterling silver you can't do much with it, you can not shape it, it will snap as it does not have any durability or strength. This is why 7.5% of copper is added to sterling silver as a base metal this gives it durability and strength, so it can hold shape and structure. When chemicals, water and even sweat reacts with 925 Sterling Silver there can be reactions. Sweat when wearing jewellery can turn the skin green, water and chemicals can tarnish your Sterling silver jewellery which then reveals the copper base underneath the Sterling silver. 

Hallmarking

Sterling Silver Hallmarking, now let's talk about Sterling silver, all jewellery is handmade, jewellery designers will start off with silver clay to create the silver jewellery, that piece of jewellery is still Sterling silver even if the designer does not stamp or engrave 925 or S925 into their pieces of jewellery. Some Sterling silver hallmarks will have the jewellery makers crest symbol next to 925. 

Platinum is hallmarked with PT950 PT stands for platium & 950 is how much platium is in the piece of jewellery which is 95% which is the highest purity of platinum.

Stainless Steel can sometimes have a hallmark when it comes to cutlery, designers/makers who want there company engraved on their designs to show their brand. But mostly stainless steel is not hallmarked but is one of the best precious metals for jewellery, as it rarely ever tarnishes and lasts a lifetime so in the long run this saves money. 

9ct gold is hallmarked 375 as it only contains 37.5% pure gold and the other 62.5% is made up of silver, copper, nickel & zinc. So you are not really getting a full gold piece of jewellery. 

14ct gold is hallmarked 585 as it contains 58.5% of pure gold and 41.5% made up of other alloy metals, silver, copper, nickel & zinc. 

Difference Between Rolled Gold & Gold Plated

Gold plating isn't hallmarked and only contains a very thin electroplated gold layer that easily wears off. so it's mainly made up of alloy metals. Gold plating has minimal gold & is less durable, often flaking or rubbing off only making it suitable for trendy inexpensive pieces. 

Rolled gold or gold filled requires at least 5% gold by weight and lasts decades as its a much thicker mechanically bonded layer of gold fused to a base metal making it significantly more durable, valuable and tarnish resistant than gold plated items.