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- It's Latin name is Argentum. In the Periodic Table it is abbreviated
to Ag (hence our logo...)
- The name silver comes from the Anglo-Saxon word 'siolfur' meaning
silver.
- Silver has been known since ancient times. It is mentioned in
Genesis. Slag dumps in Asia Minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea
indicate that man learned to separate lead from silver as early
as 3000BC.
- Silver is quite a soft metal and not as dense as gold. It is
a little harder than gold and is very ductile and malleable.
- Silver is stable in pure air and water, but tarnishes when exposed
to ozone, hydrogen sulphide or air containing sulphur.
- It occurs in ores including argentite, lead, lead-zinc, copper
and gold found in Mexico, Peru and the US
- Silver usually comes as 92.5% or called sterling silver. In Great
Britain the percentage does not drop below this. In Germany they
have 80.0%, we would not recognise this as silver - it would have
to be sold as a white metal.
- It tarnishes easily, it is a more reactive metal than gold.
- Silver make's up 0.000,007% of the Earth's crust.
- Silver is an excellent conductor of heat, hence silver teapots.
Don't wear silver jewellery in a sauna or on the beach - you will
feel it!
- Silver is also used in the following area's; dental alloys, photography,
electrical contacts, high capacity silver-zinc and silver-cadmium
batteries, the iodide is used to seed clouds to produce rain.
This key will help you to see where we currently sell this type of
jewellery
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