1.4.6. Silver

Silver is a precious metal valued next only to gold in making ornaments due to its softness and attractive white colour. It is also used in manufacture of chemicals, electroplating, photography, for colouring glasses etc. The chief ore minerals of silver are agentine, stephanite, pyrargyrite and proustite. India has limited resources of silver ore and majority of production comes from Zawar mines in Udaipur district of Rajasthan.