Description: Translation: Sample 7: Possibly artificial silver from Imiter: Result: The silver is very pure with no Mercury. This is very suspicious as the natural silvers from Imiter always have a high Mercury content. Also, when the wires are examined with an SEM, they have a large degree of porosity, as if gas bubbles had formed within them. These bubbles of gas would have come from the release of SO2 as the Acanthite was transformed into Silver through heating: Ag2S + O2 -> Ag + SO2. In my opinion, the silver is not natural.

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