Silver Jewellery has many appeals, from its versatility to its elegance, it has the ability to elevate any outfit.
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Silver is sometimes seen as the poor cousin of the precious metal world, inferior to the buttery gleam of
gold and not as interesting. But dismissing silver is a mistake: silver is a beautiful metal when handled
properly, and it has a fascinating history.

What’s so special about silver"

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There are seven metals that have earned the collective name of ‘metals of antiquity’, because they have
been mined for almost longer than we have been recording history. These metals are: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron and mercury, and of these, the first three, gold, copper and silver, were used for
decorative purposes because of their loveliness when worked by craftsmen.

But silver is not just a pretty face, it is also a transition metal, occupying a special place in the periodic
table for its atomic arrangement, along with other metals in the d-block of the periodic table. But silver
has been mined for far longer than the periodic table has existed, and it was widely used for making
beautiful artefacts such as bowls and vases, jewellery of all types and money, usually in the form of
coins. But it is silver’s use as jewellery that we are looking at in this piece.

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