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Why You Never Get the “Silver Price” You See

Just like with gold, you see silver prices daily on the news, financial apps, or websites. You might think, “My silver bracelet or coins are worth a lot now!” But when you go to a store or a buyer, you often get much less than the price you see online.

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Is Silver the New Gold of the Future?

The world of precious metals never stands still. While gold has been seen for centuries as the ultimate safe investment and store of value, interest in silver is growing. But can silver truly become the new gold?

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Keum Boo

Keum boo is a Korean technique of applying 24 carats of gold to silver, and is used in many different cultures (both in Japan and China, but also in the West where historically they mainly applied gold to iron, steel and copper with this technique).

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Pearls

A pearl can be formed in an oyster when, for example, a grain of sand or a small parasite (vermin) invades the organism. The immune system encapsulates the intruder and layer after layer of pearl is deposited.

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Precious metals

A precious metal is a metal that barely reacts chemically with other substances and is therefore resistant to corrosion and oxidation.

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Diamonds are forever

Diamond is carbon crystallised under high pressure and high temperatures. The process takes place in the deep parts of the earth’s crust (between 140 and 190km deep) to form diamond, temperature of 1100-1300°C are needed.

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