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   Silver  is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (Latin: argentum). A soft white lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity for a metal, and occurs as a free metal, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a by-product of copper, gold, lead, and zinc mining.    Silver has been known...   More... >>

   Jewellery (jewelry or jewelery in American English) is a personal ornament, such as a necklace, ring, or bracelet, made from jewels, precious metals or other substance.   The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel" in around the 13th century. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning playt...   More... >>

A bracelet is an article of jewelry which is worn around the wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from leather, cloth or metal, and sometimes contain rocks, wood, and/or shells. Bracelets are also used for medical and identification purposes, such as allergy bracelets and hospital tags. In the late 1980s, "snap bracelets" -- felt-covered metal bracelets that curved around one's wrist when g...   More... >>

  An earring is a piece of jewelry that is worn on the ear. They are worn by both genders, although until recently in western cultures, they were more typically worn by women.   Earrings are attached to the ear through a piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear, except in the case of a clip earring, which clips onto the lobe. Commo...   More... >>

  A finger ring is a band worn as type of ornamental jewellery around a finger; it is the most common current meaning of the word ring. Other types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called 'rings,' such as arm rings and neck rings.   Rings are worn by both men and women and can be of any quality. Rings can be made of metal, plastic, wood, bone, glass,...   More... >>

  The Claddagh Ring is a traditional Irish ring, given in friendship or worn as a wedding ring. The design and customs associated with it originated in the Irish fishing village of Claddagh, located just outside the old walls of the city of Galway. The ring was first produced in the 17th Century during the reign of Queen Mary II, though elements of the design are much older...   More... >>

  A championship ring is a ring presented to members of winning teams in professional sports leagues , and in college tournaments in North America. In recent years, it has become common for American High schools to give out championship rings to teams that win the state championship in their given sport, usually football. ...   More... >>

  A wedding ring or wedding band consists of precious metal ring, in some countries (USA, UK) worn on the base of the left ring finger – the fourth finger (counting from the thumb) of the left hand. In other parts of the world, it is worn on the right ring finger (e.g. Bulgaria, Norway, Germany, Poland or Russia) (see also below).   Such a ring symbolizes marri...   More... >>

  In Western tradition, an engagement ring is a ring worn by a woman on her left-hand ring finger indicating her engagement to be married. By modern convention, the ring is usually presented as a betrothal gift by a man to his prospective bride while or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage.   ...   More... >>

  Ecclesiastical ring - A ring worn by clerics and other religious persons, notably a Bishop's ring worn by an (arch)bishop of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and other Christian churches.     Historical antecedents   Although the surviving ancient rings, proved by their devices, provenance etc. to be of Christian origin, are fairly nume...   More... >>

  A class ring (also known as a graduate, or grad, ring) is a ring worn by students and alumni to commemorate their graduation, generally for a high school, college, or university.     Significance   Today these rings are often personalized by each student, although in years past they were uniform to the school's standard, and on...   More... >>

  A mood ring is a novelty ring which changes color in response to body temperature, using a thermochromic liquid crystal. The mood ring is a form of biofeedback and supposedly indicates the temperament of the wearer, indicated by the ring's color. Mood rings were a fad whose popularity peaked in the United States in the 1970s, and they are now seen as an icon of 1970s culture. ...   More... >>

  Posie rings (sometimes spelled "posy ", "posey" or "poesy rings") are finger rings with short inscriptions on their outer surfaces. More rarely the inscription is on the inner surface.   A posey ring or love ring, is a simple gold band engraved with a brief sentiment or poem on the outside. They were used as a lover's token, a wedding ring, or simply as a means of sho...   More... >>

  A promise ring is given to a romantic partner to signify a promise to be committed in a monogamous relationship, maybe in which a young couple pledge their love for one another. The gift of the ring indicates that serious courting is under-way. It can be given as a symbol that a couple does not feel that it is an appropriate time to consider engagement or marriage but are serio...   More... >>

  Purity rings, or chastity rings originated in the United States in the 1990s among Christian affiliated sexual abstinence groups. The rings are sold to adolescents, or to parents so that they may be given to their adolescent children as gifts.   It is intended that wearing a purity ring is accompanied by a religious vow to practice celibacy until marriage. The ri...   More... >>

  The sovereign ring is an article of jewellery worn on the finger. Its primary decorative feature is typically a gold sovereign - either genuine or replica tender - with the obverse face as the visible detail. The coin size is generally either a 'full' or 'half' sovereign. In the United Kingdom it is also common to use custom coinage bearing such motifs as the 'Three Lions', or o...   More... >>