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Write an Short Essay on Silver in India

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Silver is another precious metal produced in India. It is always mined in conjunction with copper, lead, zinc and other metals. It is valued next only to gold for making ornaments due to its softness and attractive white colour. It had been an important currency metal in several parts of the world. The industrial use of silver has increased considerably in the recent years.

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It is also used in the manufacturing of chemicals, electroplating, and photography and for colouring glass etc. The chief ore numerals of silver are agentine, stephanite, pyrargyrite and prousite.

The galena ores particularly argenti-ferous ores, contain some quantity of silver, upto 1% in some cases and the zinc lead ores of Zawar are the principal source of silver in India. The zinc and lead concentrates produced at Zawar contain 171.4 and 774.5 of silver per tonne of concentrate respectively. Silver is recovered as a by-product in India.
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