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Silver Rings

Silver forms in star explosions called supernovae, as does gold. Pure silver is soft, so silver jewellery is made from sterling silver, an alloy of 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper (though sometimes other metals are used), giving a white, lustrous metal that is beautiful and durable to wear. Enjoy our beautiful silver jewellery.

Pure silver is soft, so silver jewellery is made from sterling silver, an alloy of 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper (though sometimes other metals are used), giving a white, lustrous metal that is beautiful and durable to wear, while being more affordable than platinum and gold. Silver's atomic symbol is Ag, which is short for argentums, the Latin word for silver. The history of silver is long, with the first evidence of silver mining dating back to 3000 B.C., in Turkey and Greece. Ancient people would refine silver by heating the silver ore and blowing air over it, a process called cupellation. The silver itself does not react to the air, but the base metals such as lead and copper oxidize and separate from the precious metal.

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