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electrum
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thumb|Natural electrum "wires" on quartz, historic specimen from the old Smuggler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colorado, USA thumb|The Pactolus river, from which [[Lydia obtained electrum for its early coinage]] thumb|Electrum Phoenician metal bowls|Phoenician bowl with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze and the repre­sentation of a king vanquishing his enemies, Cypro-Archaic I, from [[Idalion, 8th–7th centuries BC (Louvre, Paris)]] thumb|Brooch with a griffin protome, from the necropolis of [[Kameiros, Rhodes, (Louvre)]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mineral variety
- Subclass of
- native gold
- Has part
- silver
- Image
- Electrum on quartz Telluride (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Electrum
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 1.AA.05
- described by source
- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
- chemical formula
- Au·Ag
- Mohs' hardness
- 2.5
- density
- 14.05
- different from
- amber
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Composition
- History
- Early coinage
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Natural electrum "wires" on quartz, historic specimen from the old Smuggler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colorado, USA thumb|The Pactolus river, from which [[Lydia obtained electrum for its early coinage]] thumb|Electrum Phoenician metal bowls|Phoenician bowl with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze and the repre­sentation of a king vanquishing his enemies, Cypro-Archaic I, from [[Idalion, 8th–7th centuries BC (Louvre, Paris)]] thumb|Brooch with a griffin protome, from the necropolis of [[Kameiros, Rhodes, (Louvre)]]
Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. It has been produced artificially and is also known as "green gold".
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