Is This Silver? At Home Tests for How to Tell

Sometimes curiosity gets the best of you, sidetracking you to follow an irrational thought to a rewarding path, you hope, and this was certainly the case last Friday.  A friend of mine came to me inquiring about a slim silver-tone bracelet that was given to her.  She wanted to know if this lovely present was actually made of silver or not.  And I realized that I didn't have an easy answer for her.  Determined to remedy this, the two of us set on a quest for practical tests to find out if something is truly silver. 

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