Most of us know gold and silver only as noble metals used as jewelry. The group of precious metals also includes platinum, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, palladium. These metals are considered noble because they have hardness, refractoriness, high resistance to destruction under the influence of most chemical elements, are not subject to corrosion, and do not lose their properties over time. Some of them are rare in nature and are too expensive to produce for industrial use.
Of all this group, silver and gold are used in jewelry. Their use in the manufacture of jewelry is due to the fact that they have a beautiful sheen, color, plasticity during processing. The difference in the properties of these metals and their effect on the human body explains why silver and gold cannot be worn together.
What is silver?
Silver is a noble metal of beautiful shimmeringcolor called silver. Malleability, plasticity, relative cheapness compared to gold over many centuries of human history have made it the most popular material for making jewelry. It is believed that the name of the country Argentina comes from the Latin word argentum, thanks to the Italian Cabot, who was looking for a country in this area where there are many treasures.
In the last century, gold has replaced silver in jewelry, gold jewelry has become more prestigious, since products from it are not available to everyone. However, silver does not give up its positions, and millions of women still wear jewelry from it. Many of them have items made of precious metals, but not everyone clearly understands why silver and gold cannot be worn together.
The history of silver has about 6 thousand years. Jewelry from it is found during excavations from the time of the Egyptian pharaohs. The unique properties of this metal have been known since ancient times:
- No corrosion.
- Does not rust, is not destroyed even by acids, unlike gold, which can be dissolved in aqua regia.
- It has antibacterial properties, kills 650 kinds of bacteria. This property is used to disinfect water.
- In terms of plasticity in processing, it is second only to gold, therefore it is widely used in jewelry.
What is gold?
Gold is a viscous metal that lends itself well to forging and has a lot of weight. All these qualities make himexcellent material for the jewelry industry. For the needs of industries where gold was previously used, other alloys or metals are often used today, which have greater chemical resistance.
In technically developed countries (Japan, USA, Germany), gold is used in the development of high technologies in electronics, electrical engineering, space industries. Another group of states includes countries where most of the gold mined, and sometimes all of it, goes to the needs of jewelry production. In Russia, 45% of all gold mined is spent on jewelry, and 60% on the needs of technical production.
The melting point of pure gold is 1063.4 degrees, which is a very low temperature for a precious metal. Metal in very small quantities is present everywhere: in water, in soil, in sand. The unique property of gold is its resistance to corrosion and the absence of interaction with aggressive substances. These properties make it an almost eternal material.
Useful properties of silver for humans
- According to the latest research by scientists, it can increase hemoglobin levels, strengthen the nervous system, help with headaches and migraines, and reduce blood pressure.
- The antibacterial properties of this metal are used by people in medicine. The Egyptians applied a thin sheet of silver to wounds to prevent festering. In Switzerland, they treated toothache with silver coins. Antibacterial properties help purify the air. In Japanuse silver in air-purifying conditioners.
- Silver iodide is used to disperse clouds.
- Used in the food industry as an additive E174.
Benefits of gold for the human body
- Reduces inflammation.
- Enhances metabolic processes.
- Reduces allergic manifestations.
- Improves and preserves memory.
- Helps increase endurance and body resistance.
- Good for the nervous system.
Why can't gold and silver be worn together?
The reasons were clear even in antiquity. Still not knowing exactly the properties of metals and not having an idea about their energy, people from ancient times, based on their own experience, made judgments about the compatibility of gold and silver. Giving products from different metals useful properties, many were sure that their combination had a negative impact on he alth. Gold is an energetically strong metal, speeds up the processes in the body, while silver has a calming and cleansing effect. Therefore, the ancient people knew for sure why it was impossible to wear silver and gold together on the body. The collision of two different energy fields negatively affects the body.
Designers and fashion designers also do not like the combination of jewelry made of two metals. Not recognizing the energy theory, to the question of whether it is possible to wear silver and gold together around the neck, they answer in the negative and talk about colorincompatibility and bad taste.
Those who do not believe in the compatibility of energy fields need to be guided by their own taste, regardless of other people's opinions and wishes. They have every right to combine silver and gold jewelry according to their taste. Even designers sometimes make jewelry from two metals, when one metal smoothly flows into the other. Fashionable women wear such jewelry with pleasure.
Old beliefs about silver
When asked why silver and gold cannot be worn together, signs and beliefs say that silver belongs to the Moon. It obeys this celestial body and owns its properties. Silver personifies the element of the Moon, possesses its coldness, calmness.
Old beliefs about gold
For ancient people, yellow represented light, warmth, joy. Gold belongs to the element of the Sun. The elements of the Moon and the elements of the Sun are incompatible. If you try to combine them, then conflict is inevitable. That's why you can't wear silver and gold together.
