Bone and brass cuff bracelet: 1,898 ppm Lead (on decorative brass components that touch the wearer’s skin).

Component #1.) Brass decorative elements:

• Lead (Pb): 1,898 +/- 294 ppm
• Tin (Sn):14,600 +/- 400 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 339,900 +/- 2,600 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 633,800 +/- 3,200 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 3,166 +/- 306 ppm 
• Iron (Fe): 5,192 +/- 406 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 257 +/- 137 ppm
• Sliver (Ag): 94 +/- 48 ppm

Component #2.) Brass hinge pin:

• Tin (Sn): 245 +/- 143 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 370,500 +/- 4,000 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 627,600 +/- 4,700 ppm
• Brass interior of bracelet (non decorative) had similar readings.

Component #3.) Bone elements:

• Tin (Sn):31 +/- 20 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 88 +/- 55 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 79 +/- 37 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 67 +/- 42 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 310 +/- 76 ppm

Some additional reading:

• Safer choices for jewelry
• More examples of costume jewelry that I have tested
• More examples of vintage jewelry that I have tested
• More examples of brass that I have tested

More details to be posted later! Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama