Tibetan silver - don't be fooled

I spend a lot of time online looking for lovely new beads and charms to include in pieces for me and for future collections.  A lot of the cheap stuff is labelled as Tibetan silver.  I wasn't sure about it so I looked further.

Guess what?  Tibetan silver CONTAINS NO SILVER (or at the best less than 30%)

Wikipedia (always worth a quick look) says "Currently, jewellery, beads and castings described as 'Tibetan Silver' tends to be a base iron 'cheese metal' casting, overlaid with this pewter and silver plating."  HERE

eBay reviews have lots of info from customers on how NOT silver it is.

Just to let you now.  I use sterling or fine silver as standard and will occasionally use silver plating for my fashion pieces.  I am always VERY clear about the silver content of my jewellery.