SILVER
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The mining of silver began some 5000 years ago and flourished in the Near East, Crete and Greece throughout antiquity. The Spanish mines were the major supplier for the Roman Empire and an essential trading component along the Asian spice routes. The 500-year period from 1000 to 1500 A.D. was one of significant growth thanks to an increased number of mines as well as improvements in production and technology. However, no single event in the history of silver rivals the importance of the discovery of the New World in 1492. This momentous finding and the years that followed reinvented the role of silver throughout the world. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Many well-known uses of silver include currency, jewelry, photography, jewelry and silverware and even for electrical purposes.
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