SILVER


Meaning of SILVER in English

General Information:

Chemical Formula:

Ag

Composition:

(Molecular Weight = 107.87 gm)

Silver 100.0 % Ag

Empirical Formula:

Ag

Environment:

In sulfide ore veins.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA

Locality:

Mexico and Norway have large deposits of silver.

Name Origin:

Anglo-Saxon, of unknown origin.

Physical Properties:

Cleavage:

None

Color:

silver white, gray white, or gray.

Density:

10 - 11, Average = 10.5

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Habits:

Arborescent - "Tree like" growths of branched systems (e.g. silver)., Dendritic - Branching "tree-like" growths of great complexity (e.g. pyrolusite)., Massive - Uniformly indistingui shable crystals forming large masses.

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Luminescence:

None.

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

silver white

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