The materials used by Pandora
Pandora was founded in 1982 in Copenhagen, Denmark by goldsmith Per Enevoldsen and his wife with their company head quarters still being in Copenhagen today. Pandora is known for their stunning designs, intricate charms and exquisite details.
There is a vast selection of materials used by Pandora throughout their jewellery. The main pieces of jewellery that we all know and love Pandora for are their stunning charm bracelets and charms. The first charm bracelet appeared in 2000 on the Danish market and then went onto break the international market in 2003. Pandora today is a globally recognised jewellery brand with products available in more than 100 countries. This piece of jewellery by Pandora is predominantly made from Sterling Silver, a material that is used throughout all of their collections.
From different metals such as, Gold, Sterling Silver, Rose Gold plating and Yellow Gold plating, Pandora uses a range of different metals to provide the high quality pieces of jewellery we all know and love. Pandora uses gold alloys to create their pieces of jewellery with the inclusion of Gold. This is the best way to strengthen the Gold and to achieve the perfect 14K Yellow and Rose Gold’s.
Again, the Sterling Silver used by Pandora is also alloyed. This is standard practice when working with pure Silver, to be classed as Sterling Silver the alloy must contain at least 92.5% of pure silver. This is why Pandora’s hallmark is 925 or S925.
As well as the different types of Gold and Sterling Silver, Pandora uses a selection of stones within their pieces of jewellery. This can range from man-made stones, synthetic stones, natural stones as well as diamonds. The man-made stones that are used by Pandora can vary from Cubic Zirconia, man-made / Nano Crystals and even Lacquered artificial pearls.
Less than 1% of Pandora’s stones are mined, meaning the use of natural stones is very rare from Pandora but on the odd occasion they may feature on some pieces of their jewellery. Most of the time, the stones used by Pandora will be lab grown, whether that’s synthetic Rubies, man-made Cubic Zirconia or even lab grown diamonds.
Other types of materials do also feature within many Pandora collections, whether that is glass that has been used to make stunning charms for their charm bracelets. Beautiful mother of Pearl or even Freshwater Pearls, Leather and textiles to create different styles of bracelets or necklaces or Enamel to add colour and detail to many different aspects of their jewellery.
Pandora takes pride in the quality of their materials that they use to create their stunning pieces of jewellery and are continually looking for ways to provide a more sustainable way to create those pieces. With their big ambitions, they are sure to take the sustainable jewellery industry by storm.
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