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<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 307948, member: 3974"]Hi Silver,</p><p><br /></p><p>A "rare earth" magnet is a magnet made with a rare earth mineral - commonly neodymium, they are much stronger than a typical craft/refrigerator type magnet. They are useful in ruling out a lot of non-silver silver plated metals. If a metallic item is attracted to a rare earth magnet even a small amount, it is not silver. Might be silver plated, but it is not silver. You cannot confirm that something IS silver with a rare earth magnet - but you can confirm that it IS NOT silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 307948, member: 3974"]Hi Silver, A "rare earth" magnet is a magnet made with a rare earth mineral - commonly neodymium, they are much stronger than a typical craft/refrigerator type magnet. They are useful in ruling out a lot of non-silver silver plated metals. If a metallic item is attracted to a rare earth magnet even a small amount, it is not silver. Might be silver plated, but it is not silver. You cannot confirm that something IS silver with a rare earth magnet - but you can confirm that it IS NOT silver.[/QUOTE]
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