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Silver
Silver (Ag) has a bright, metallic luster, and when untarnished, has a white color.
It is rarely found in its native form. Silver can be found combined with a
number of different elements such as sulfur, arsenic, antimony or chlorine to
form a variety of minerals and ores, such as argentite, chlorargyrite, and galena. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
It is also found in very small amounts in gold, lead, zinc and copper ores. Silver WINNING TEAMS!
is malleable which means it can be hammered into thin sheets. It is also
ductile, meaning it can be drawn into wire.

Type Crystal System

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 Element (Minerals/Ores of) Isometric The winner of the Best in Grades
K-5 $250 Prize is:  Team Let’s
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Native Silver Carson & Evan

Chemical Formula Luster The winner of the Best in Grades

6-8 $250 Prize is:  Team The
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silver white Jagged 9-12 $250 Prize is:  Team Mara—
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Mohs Hardness
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And, the winner of the Best

Overall $1,000 Prize is . . .Team
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Maddox, Carson & Evan!

Description Here, Robert Murray explains

how coal is used to his grandson
Silver (Ag) has a bright, metallic luster, and when untarnished, has a white color.
Evan Murray and friends Carson
It is rarely found in its native form. Silver can be found combined with a
Sauvageot and Maddox Ochap:
number of different elements such as sulfur, arsenic, antimony or chlorine to
form a variety of minerals and ores, such as argentite, chlorargyrite, and galena.

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 It is also found in very small amounts in gold, lead, zinc and copper ores. Silver
is malleable which means it can be hammered into thin sheets. It is also
ductile, meaning it can be drawn into wire.

Relation to Mining
Silver is found in lead, zinc, gold and copper ore deposits. The most important
ore mineral of silver is argentite (Ag2S, silver sulfide). Silver is commonly
extracted from ore by smelting or chemical leaching.
Thank you to all of our
Uses contestants for creating videos
that explain why mining is
Silver has been used for thousands of years for jewelry and decorative items of
important in our lives!  Thank you
all types. Likewise, it has been used for silverware. Of all the metals, untarnished
also to our Move Mining Next
silver is the best reflector of light. As a result, it was used in ancient times to
Gen overall sponsor Komatsu.
make mirrors. Sterling silver is silver alloyed with another metal, usually copper.
For such an alloy to be called “Sterling” it has to have 92.5% silver content. Silver Go to MoveMiningNextGen.org to
bromide and silver nitrate are used in photography. It is used in various see the videos. The contest will
photographic materials and processes. It is also used in electrical products open again in fall for the next
because it conducts electricity more efficiently than copper. It has been used round so get your ideas ready!
by dentists in amalgam fillings.
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Please join us in congratulating

Team Mine2Me, the winners of
the Season 3 Move Mining
competition.  Presenting before a
live audience and broadcast to
viewers throughout the world on
Facebook live, this team of three
students from Canada — Kwan
Fung, Robert Fuerderer, and
Retsepile Sello — shared their
idea on how to change the
public’s perception of mining.

Team Mine2Me presented their

plan to develop short, video

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 infographics on YouTube that can
be shared on Facebook and on
other social media platforms to
reach a wide audience.  They
took home the grand prize of
$5,000 for their creativity, hard
work and focus.

The support of Move Mining’s

Overall Sponsor Komatsu has
been indispensable throughout
this program.

All five finalist teams from three

countries, with members from
several more countries, pitched
their ideas to the expert judges
in the Move Mining live event. 
Watch their presentations at
Facebook.com/SocietyForMining
made possible by Newmont
Mining.

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 Thanks also to “We Love Move
Mining” Sponsor Coeur Mining.

Go to MoveMining.org to learn
more and view the five finalist
videos.  The contest will re-open
in the fall.

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