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The Abundance Of Silver

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The abundance of silver will depend on how it is measured and calculated, in this instance the abundance in the Earth's crust for silver is 0.080 (ppm)3. Measuring parts per million in mass, but again depending on the method chosen to estimate it will vary, but because silver is a precious metal it is not very abundant making them active just not chemically active for Earth's crust. Silver comes from the old English word seolfor. Silver is located in the reserves of Western United States, Mexico, Peru, Canada, China and as well as in Australia and Poland. Silver in its original state or in other words natural form can look like an ore possibly as chlorargyrite, argentite, galena a lead ore in which makes it almost effortless to see/ identify.

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