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If you know someone who likes cows so what better gift could give a title = "string of cows"> cow collar. Made of sterling silver really appreciate the time and attention devoted to making this piece of quality silver jewelry.

Silver has been known since antiquity and has been valued as a precious metal, used to make ornaments, jewelry, tableware and utensils high value currency and coins. Mined back in 4000BC in Turkey, which was then called Anatolia, the main source of silver is now Peru and Mexico. For the Egyptians, Gold was considered the perfect metal, and gave him the symbol of a circle with it. Since silver was the next best gold in terms of perfection, was given a semi-circle by its symbol. This semi-circle later changed over time and led to a symbol of the moon, because of the similarity between the metal bright as the light glowing moon. The Romans gave the name Silver Argentum, which is still used today as the international name of the elements, from where its symbol Ag chemical comes.

Best commercial-grade silver is at least 99.9% pure silver and purities greater than 99.999% availability. In jewelry silver with a purity of 92.5% is used as above this and silver jewelry becomes too soft and not endure the daily wear. This is where the term 925 silver comes representing 925 pieces of silver of 1000 to 7.5% of other traditionally made from copper. Silver is also mixed with the gold into white gold and becomes increasingly popular recently.

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Amanda own's Amandas Silver Boutique, a silver jewellery company based in the UK. Check out the online shop at www.amandassilverboutique.com

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