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Were did silver come from?
Silver is a mineral in the ground, that people did up and use in products like coins.
Is gold paint a mineral?
Silver is classified as a precious metal, like gold. If the silver occurs as a free element in nature, it is mineral. If it occurs as part of other minerals such as lead, copper and gold, it is non mineral. The above answer is not entirely correct. The last sentence is not quite correct. Silver is an element found on the periodic chart. It is a mineral when it fulfills the 4 requirements to be a mineral. Those are: 1. it has to be made by nature 2. it has to have a crystal structure 3. it has to have a chemical formula 4. it cannot be made by man or plant or animal So even if it occurs as a part of other minerals, it is still a mineral if it occurs naturally. When silver and gold crystallize together it is called Electrum. They are both still considered minerals in this mixture. If someone takes natural silver and melts it an lets it cool and it makes a crystal it would not be a mineral. Since it only fills 3 of the requirements to be a mineral it is no longer made by nature but by a human so it is not natural. If the element silver combines with other elements naturally and fulfills the other 3 requirements for being a mineral it becomes an ore of silver. There are about 214 minerals that contain silver as one of its elements in the chemical formula. The most important one is called Acanthite or Argentite which is silver sulfide. It consists of 2 silver atoms which have hooked together with one sulfur atom. It is 87 percent silver by weight.
What does curium look like?
Curium is found to look like silver because it is silver in colour
How hard is silver?
well *pure* silver is a very hard metallic mineral sold at high prices, like the song "silver and gold" they shouldn't be compared silver is much harder than gold.
Were is silver found?
Silver is found in veins underground. It is also found in trace amounts in zinc, lead, gold and copper ores. Silver can also be found with other minerals like sulfur and arsenic.
What does silver look like it its normal state?
Silver looks soft, kind of like tin foil when its found
Why did they make silver?
Silver is not manufactured. It is found in nature as a precious metal like gold and then mined to use it.
On which plateau are minerals like gold silver and tin found in south America?
Gold is found on Brazilian plateau silver and tin on plateau of Bolivia
What is a metallic mineral?
Metallic minerals are basically minerals found in the ground. They can be used to make new things like statues or graphite for one. It all depends on the type of mineral found.
How is a native mineral different from most other materials?
A native mineral is composed of atoms of a single element, like gold, copper, and silver. Most minerals are composed of two or more elements.
Why are gold silver and copper considered native elements?
Gold, silver, and copper are considered native elements because they occur in nature in their pure form. They are not chemically combined with any other elements and can be found in Earth's crust as metallic mineral deposits. This is in contrast to other elements, which are often found in nature in the form of compounds or minerals.
Where are fruit trees found?
In tropical areas like Florida, Georgia and south America.
