| Silver is the most common of the Precious Metals. It's | | | | gold by about four or five times. |
| working qualities are very similar to gold. Pure silver, | | | | The price of silver jewelry follows the price of gold |
| which is seldom used for jewelry because it is too | | | | jewelry, however, so as gold rises, silver inevitably |
| soft. Silver weighs about half as much as gold and has | | | | does too. |
| greater flexibility. Though silver is not as malleable as | | | | The words silver or sterling silver describe a product |
| gold it can achieve a more brilliant polish. In fact, silver | | | | that contains 92.5% silver. |
| shines above all other metals in this respect. | | | | Silver products sometimes may be marked 925, which |
| Silver has been used for many centuries, going back | | | | means that 925 parts per thousand are pure silver. |
| to ancient times, but because it tarnishes and | | | | Some jewelry may be described as silver plate: a |
| decomposes; it has not survived as well as gold. | | | | layer of silver is bonded to a base metal. The mark |
| Periodically, however, silver enjoys great popularity as | | | | coin silver is used for compounds that contain 90% |
| it does currently. | | | | silver. |
| As far as the price goes, silver generally lags behind | | | | |