[TheForge] Re How about pewter as an explanation?

[Kathy]

Jeff,
I don't know the answer to either question. By tomorrow evening, plenty of
people who do will most likely have answered you; probably by recommending
specific acids for testing; here are two such methods:

(1) Spill a drop of nitric acid onto the broken cross section. Sterling silver
will turn a cloudy cream color; nickel silver (which isn't silver at all) turns
green; coin silver darkens toward black.

(2) Place the candlestick in a pickling solution (five percent sulfuric acid and
water at about at about140 degrees); silver will turn a glittering white; nickel
silver will turn dull gray.

In the meantime, if your candlestick is actually silver, it should have a stamp
somewhere on it to that effect. 
Mikey

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Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:24 AM
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Subject: [TheForge] Re How about pewter as an explanation?

Mikey,

Would pewter tarnish with clorox?  Also, when I held it against a buffing 
wheel for about 3 seconds it was mirror-like.  Would Pewter do that?

Thanks,  Jeff 

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