SILVER

Silver is a chemical element with an atomic number 47 located in group 11 of the periodic
table of the elements. Its symbol is Ag (it comes from the Latin: argentum, "white" or
"brilliant"). It is a shiny, soft, ductile and malleable silver-colored (metallic white) transition
metal.

In nature it is found as part of different minerals (generally in the form of sulfur) or as free
silver. It is very common in nature, of which it represents one part in 5,000 of the earth's crust.
Most of its production is obtained as a by-product of the treatment of copper, zinc, lead and
gold mines.