Gold Jewellery or Fine Silver Jewellery? By Ola Gorie At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Lately a lot of ardent gold jewellery buyers have been shifting their focus towards the silver section too. Jewellery designers all over the globe have been creating fantastic pieces of silver jewellery that are catching the attention of everyone right from the ‘who’s who’ to ‘the nobody’.

Indeed, fine silver jewellery has carved out a niche for itself and the jewellery for sale counters seem to be making quite a profit from these ornaments. The obvious question now is, what is it about silver jewellery that is causing such a stir in the market and will it have a negative effect on the rates of gold.

The reasons for silver jewellery gaining popularity are plenty. A few of these are listed below –

• Cost – The price of silver is much lesser than gold. This is indeed a great attraction to the buyers, who find that they need not dig deep into their pockets in order to make a purchase at the jewellery for sale section of a mall.

• Larger variety – Since the cost of creating silver ornaments is much lower than making gold jewellery, the silver section does offer a much larger variety in terms of designs. This is of course luring for the buyer.

• Finer designs – Initially silver ornaments were usually not well finished and of lower quality that their gold counterparts. However, lately there has been a lot of fine silver jewellery being produced and right from ethnic pieces to modern designs; the silver jewellery market offers it all. The workmanship and finesse of silver jewellery matches its gold and platinum competitors to the T.

• Durability- Gold is a much softer metal as opposed to silver and as jewellers worked with silver they realised the durability of the material. Buyers are today happy to pay for precious stone ornaments that are set in silver since the cosmetic appeal of the piece is maintained, while several years are also added to the life of the creation.

While it is obvious that silver has quite a few advantages over gold, this is not to say that the yellow metal is loosing any of its lustre. Buyers still find gold ornaments highly lucrative due to its resale value. Silver jewellery in terms of the metal itself, does not cost much, and therefore does not fetch much in case of a resale either. The cost of gold ornaments is mostly based on the purity level and quantity of gold in the ornament. No doubt, gold jewellery is much easier to resell rather than silver.

So, in when choosing between gold and silver, gold jewellery does emerge the winner, but this is not to say that silver ornaments are far behind. Also the fact that silver jewellery can be worn on a daily basis with much more ease that gold ones, tends to make them highly popular especially with the 9 to 5 sector. So, the next time you do set out to buy some gold jewellery, peep into the silver section too, and you may come home with much more than you had bargained for.

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