Please see all my photos including before and after cleaning. Right out of the box it was almost BLACK! I touched it and my fingers turned black! I don't think it's real silver but I had an industrial silver scraper/polisher and after half an hour of scrubbing, rinsing, recleaning and using a second type of jewelry cleaner I finally had a decent look. However, I have no idea how long it will look like this; it might fade in a day, who knows?! The only reason I'm not returning it is because of…