Silver - a Brief History

Discovery of silver

The discovery of metals to leave the great leap forward for human civilization. The first to be discovered were the native metals such as gold, silver and copper that occurs naturally in a pure form. "As each metal was discovered, the companies were transformed."

Silver occurs as ductile, twisted, branching masses of metal that native silver tarnish the gray and black, or silver sulfide as argentite. It is found most often combined with the sulfides of lead, copper and zinc (galena, sphalerite, and Calcopirita). In its native form, as usually occurs silver star-shaped or tree-like clusters, the dendrites and wire-like forms, or as compact masses. It is occasionally crystallizes as cubes or octahedra.

About Sterling Silver

Silver is very soft and is usually connected to make it stronger. The league best known is "Sterling Silver", which is 92.5 percent and 7.5 percent Silver Copper, and has long been valued for their ability to work and resistance to corrosion. It is also called "925 Sterling Silver." The main applications are for the coinage of silver, jewelry, medicine, chemistry, and photography. Because of its electrical and thermal conductivity, it is also important in electro-technology.

Nature Silver metallic Silver (Ag) has a hardness of 2.5 to 3 and a density of 9.6 to 12 (when pure). This is opaque, has a metallic sheen, and leaves a bright white striations. It has no cleavage and breaks with hackly fracture. Silver belongs to the system cubic crystal, but crystals are rare, forming as octahedrons or hexahedrons. Silver occurs most often as yarn, dendrites, or plates.

The different patterns Silver

Silver is the different standards. Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, Silver Britannia, Mexican Silver, Coin Silver, Silvers and German (not to be confused with nickel silver, which is also referred to by this term) are different patterns of silver used in Germany.

The largest producer of silver is the Mine Guanajuato, in Mexico, where he was extracted silver from 1500 AD. More than half of world reserves of silver are held in Mexico, U.S., Canada, Peru, Kazakhstan, and Russia.