Materials

925, and what
it actually states.

Three digits stamped inside a ring carry a specific, checkable claim about the metal. This is what the claim is, why jewellery is alloyed at all, and how to tell solid silver from something wearing a coat of it.

Pure silver is too soft to wear.

Silver has been made into currency, tableware and jewellery for as long as people have been able to refine it, because nothing else polishes to quite that white brightness. In its pure form - fine silver, 99.9% - it is also soft enough to mark with a fingernail. A pure silver band would go out of round in a month of ordinary wear, and no prong made from it would hold a stone for long.

So silver is alloyed: a small, measured amount of a harder metal is mixed into it. That is not a compromise on quality. It is what makes silver into jewellery.

Sterling silver is 92.5% silver.

The number 925 is a fineness: 925 parts of silver in every thousand parts of metal. The remaining 75 parts are usually copper, which is what supplies the strength. It is the worldwide standard for quality silver jewellery, and it is what every ARYAMOND piece is made from.

925 parts silver75 parts other metal

Solid, or only coated.

The distinction worth knowing before you buy silver anywhere is not 925 against 999. It is solid silver against plated.

Grade	Mark	Composition	In wear
Fine silver	999	99.9% silver	Beautiful and slow to tarnish, but soft enough to bend out of shape in daily wear.
Sterling silver	925	92.5% silver, the rest usually copper	Solid silver all the way through, strong enough to hold a stone and a clasp. What we use.
Silver-plated	no fineness mark	a base metal under a thin silver coating	Looks similar when new. The coating wears through, and what appears underneath is not silver.

Other numbers you may see.

Fineness is always parts per thousand. In India, the Bureau of Indian Standards' IS 2112:2025 recognises seven silver grades: 999, 990, 970, 958, 925, 835 and 800. The 2025 revision added 958 and 999 and dropped 900, and grades 925 and 800 account for about 90% of the silver articles hallmarked in India.

999: Fine silver; 99.9% silver. Too soft for most everyday jewellery.
990 · 970: High purity; Grades recognised in India, used more for articles than for set jewellery.
958: Britannia silver; 95.84% silver. A traditional British standard, now also recognised in India.
925: Sterling silver; 92.5% silver. The usual grade for jewellery.
835 · 800: Lower fineness; Found more in traditional and European silverware.

Names that only sound like silver.

German silver, also called nickel silver, contains no silver at all. It is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, named for its colour.
Silver-tone and silver-coloured describe a colour, not a material.
Sterling has a legal meaning in some countries: under the US Jewelry Guides, only metal of at least 925 fineness may be called sterling or solid silver.

If a description only says a piece looks like silver, ask what it is made of. For the stamps and checks that go further, read how to tell genuine silver.

And then the rhodium.

Finished with a premium layer of rhodium, our sterling silver jewellery offers a brilliant white shine, enhanced durability, and improved resistance to tarnishing, giving every piece a luxurious finish that lasts.

Two honest qualifications. It is a surface finish, so it wears with use and can be renewed - re-plating is a service, not a warranty failure. And it improves resistance to tarnishing without making anything tarnish-proof or maintenance-free. It also changes how you should clean a piece: a silver dip is designed to strip a surface layer, and on a rhodium-finished piece that layer is the finish.