Why Argentium Sterling Silver, and What the Heck is Germanium?

I'm excited to be using Argentium sterling silver  for all my new work.  Argentium has a slightly higher silver content (.935 instead of .925), and contains a bit of Germanium (yes, that's an element).  It has characteristics that make it easy to work with but most exciting to my customers, it is brighter, more hypoallergenic and tarnish resistant.  Yay!