999 silver in Mexico

Mexico is the world’s largest producer of silver ore and a major producer of silver jewelry.

This is why many silver jewelry wholesalers and suppliers for France are located in Mexico.

Silver metal is mined in the form of ores mixed with other rocks and minerals and must then be separated and then refined in order to produce silver bars.pure silver OR 999 silver.

This silver is then used to make jewellery, to do this it must be alloyed with other metals (generally copper) to obtain silver jewelery with better mechanical resistance.

Example of 925 silver jewelry made in Mexico

THE’silver sterling also called 925 silver (935/1000) and the950 silver (950/1000) are the most commonly used to make silver jewelry in Mexico.

Peru is particularly known for the artisanal production of 950 silver jewelery which you can discover here.

Examples of 950 silver jewelry from Peru

Index

1. The 999 ounce of silver
2. Get 925 silver
3. The making of Mexican silver jewelry

The ounce of pure silver from Mexican jewelers

While the term silver bullion is commonly used to designate one-kilo 999 silver bars, generally used by bankers and precious metals investors, Mexican jewelers speak of silver ounces.

In fact, it has the shape of a one ounce coin999 silver (31.1 grams) that the Mexican state produces and mints, that Mexican jewelers and our jewelry workshop source silver for the production of Mexican jewelry.

Be careful not to confuse the troy ounce used to measure the weight of precious metals which is approximately 31.1 grams and another type of ounce (there are several) whose weight varies between 24 and 33 grams.

View of one ounce of 999 silver with the image of the Mexican flag

THE’pure silver it is on sale over the counter in many stores in Mexico (such as the Elektra chain or banks), sold at world market prices. It is therefore the Mexican state that guarantees the quality of the silver produced in the country and supplies the jewelery artisans.

The price of silver is determined on the stock exchange, and although it is a precious metal, silver is not that expensive. In fact, there is nothing comparable between the price of an ounce of gold, which was around $1,400 in May 2013, and that of silver, which was $22 in the same period.

Graph showing the evolution of the price of silver (in euros per kilogram) over the last 20 years (source)

Private individuals therefore have the means to purchase silver jewellery, knowing that 90% of the jewelery on the market weighs on average between 7 and 30 grams.

However, the price of silver has been characterized by large price changes since the 2008 crisis and the price of silverpure silver has increased sometimes by 4 times, directly affecting the cost of silver jewelry produced in Mexico.

To find out more about the price of silver, visit this site which shows the price in real time.

Money laundering

For information purposes, we would like to point out that pure silver (999 silver) can also be obtained by recycling 925 or 800 silver, as explained in this other article on the subject.

Get 925 silver

If silver must be purified to produce jewelers’ raw material, it is then alloyed with copper to create the 925 and 950 grades of silver commonly used in jewellery.

The mixture of pure silver and copper is made by fusing the two metals in the appropriate mass proportions.

The purest 950 silver gives a whiter shine to jewelry, but is also used in cases where it would be too complicated to make a 925 silver jewelry.

In fact, 950 silver is more malleable and therefore allows easier working with the metal to make certain jewels. However, these will remain more fragile than 925 silver jewelery due to weaker mechanical properties.

We also invite you to discover this video which presents the craftsmanship of a 925 silver bar:

Melting of 925 silver to make a silver ingot

The process of getting a pure silver ingot it is identical to the one shown in the video, you just have to replace the pieces of 925 silver with which they are cast999 silver.

Making silver jewelry

If you wish buy silver jewelry in MexicoYou will definitely be interested in knowing how they are made.

You can first check out our various reporting articles on how to make our own silver jewelry on our blog.

Or consult this article which details the production means of the Vivalatina goldsmith laboratory.

Here is a brief overview of the silver jewelery creations made through our service to create your personalized jewellery:

Examples of silver jewelry made in our Mexican jewelry workshop

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