Lanier is the largest lake in Georgia, having nearly 700 miles of shoreline spread over 38,000 acres. The water in Lake Lanier comes from Georgiaâs Blue Ridge Mountains.
fine gold. Almost pure gold; the value of bullion gold depends on its percentage of fineness. In placer mining, gold in exceedingly small particles.
A. Fine silver is 99.9 percent pure or more, but it is very soft and unsuitable for most uses, Katherina. Sterling silver is defined as 92.5 percent pure or higher. Sometimes, as you note, 95 percent pure silver is sold; this has more silver than the minimum it needs to be called sterling but it's still sterling.