metals of antiquity

the Roman world. Wexler, Philip (编). History of Toxicology and Environmental Health: Toxicology in Antiquity II. New York, NY: Academic Press. 2014: 84

Thailand, Volume 2B: Metals and Related Evidence from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

因為銀的活躍性低，其元素型態容易被發現，也容易被萃取，故此在古時的中國和西方分別已認定為五金和煉金術七金（英语：Metals of antiquity）之一。古代西方的煉金術和占星術也將七金中的銀與七曜中的月連結，排序在金和日之後。 銀製花瓶，约2400 BC 以白銀作為原料鑄造的貨幣（墨西哥銀圓）

East Asian Metallurgy: The Southern Tradition. In The Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys, edited by R. Maddin, pp. 175 181. MIT Press, Cambridge

Name game: the naming history of the chemical elements—part 1—from antiquity till the end of 18th century. Foundations of Chemistry. 2022, 25: 29–51. doi:10