If you have recently bought silver crystal jewellery and are realizing that the silver is starting to turn black and the crystals are getting duller, then it is time that you learn ways to maintain your silver jewellery and the crystals in it. Basically, the silver jewellery is not pure silver, but actually sterling silver, which is an alloy of silver and contains a very small percentage of impurity. Silver in itself is very soft to be used to make jewellery and sterling silver is the perfect material to be used in jewellery making. However, sterling silver is prone to oxidization, even though pure silver is not. That is why if you leave sterling silver jewellery in the air it will start to turn black over time.

To keep crystal jewellery made of sterling silver as shiny as new you should keep buffing it with a piece of cotton cloth from time to time. This is clean up the oxidized layer. But if your sterling silver jewellery has been kept aside for a long time and has turn very black, and then you should get it polished from a jewellery store. To store sterling silver jewellery for a long
period of time, you should store it in plastic bag that is air tight. This will not outside air enter it and keep it safe from oxidization.

The original crystals will never lose their shine and glamour. They just gather some dust and grime from the environment which dulls their shine. To make them as shiny as a new crystal jewellery piece, you can wash the crystal with a little surf and brush, while holding it under water. But, if you think that you are not capable of cleaning it properly or it has gathered to much grime to be cleaned this way, then it is better to take it to the silver jewellery store for some cleaning. Maintenance is essential, so do not just leanve your crystal silver jewellery unattended.

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