Alpaca Jewelry (Peru)

Alpaca metal jewelry This nice set is made of alpaca metal, bamboo and semiprecious stones like; quartz, lapiz, crisocola, sodalite, serpentine, jasper etc. There is a big variety of designs, ask for our catalog. Alpaca metal aka german silver it\'\'s an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel.

German silver is extensively used because of its luster, hardness and resistance to corrosion for articles such as fine tableware and jewelry. It was discovered (early 19th cent. ) by a german industrial chemist, e. A. Geitner.