Fem Jewelry

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Museums are filled with items that were hardly every worn, yet still look very worn, how is this? In clothing, it's been exposed to light, weather and/or neglect. Jewelry is the same. In our jewelry boxes, we should keep all metals separated, even in air tight bags. Brass is the worse for deteriorating from sitting next to any other forms of metals. We have all seen pieces of green, white, black and blue color on metal, it's cause from the air around different metals being close to each other. I think the men call this patina, (patina is a fine layer of oxide on a surface of metal), yet sadly to say it's metal being eating, deteriorating away. What can be done ? The best we can do is clean it well and keep it separated from other metals. NO one has found a way to stop it. I personally scrub and add a dash of bleach to it, which will only slow it down. Only time can tell me how much, it keeps it from spreading. Almost everything looks bad from the 1800's due to the fact of time and treatment. A lot of items wear lost to the wars, for when the wars were over, most people wanted to start over, fresh and new.

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