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This long timeline ought to be humbling to mortal humans." The finely-detailed insects embedded in fossil amber for millions of years, preserved for near eternity, remind us that electrum can last far longer than the ancient cultures who valued it as a precious substance. Of such sort, methinks, is the court of Olympian Zeus within, such untold wealth is here amazement holds me as I look.”Įlectrum Magazine poetically writes, "Thus, the continuity of expanding meanings for electron and electrum from the ancient world through the present is an exciting exploration in philology, ancient material culture and economic history. “Son of Nestor, dear to this heart of mine, mark the flashing of bronze throughout the echoing halls, and the flashing of gold, of electrum, of silver, and of ivory. when Telemachus spoke of the splendor of the Palace of Menelaus. Homer even mentioned Electrum in the Odyssey. The Ancient Greek word, electron, was another word that described the alloy of gold and silver. According to the article, Amber was connected to the word, elector, which means 'beaming sun,' and was also related to fire. My jewelry supplier where I get my precious metal wire from doesn’t have it, sadly.Įlectrum Magazine took a dive into the historical linguistics of electrum, which is the Latin version of the word, electron. She was told that her best bet was to make the alloy herself with 50% fine silver and 50% gold. It’s so uncommon that when I looked up where to buy the metal, I found a jewelry forum with someone asking the same question I was searching. Many people are allergic to jewelry with nickel. Usually, green gold will have zinc or nickel to strengthen-but be careful with nickel. However, the alloying of gold and silver doesn't make it stronger. In jewelry, it's often used as an accent color or the main material. Also, Nobel Prize medals were made with it for several years. In the Old Kingdom of Egypt-sometime around the third millennium BC, it was used as a coating for the capstones that sat on the obelisks and pyramids.Īncient drinking vessels and even the first metal coins were made from electrum. The blog also dove into the history of green gold. Only a trained eye would be able to quickly spot it. Manhattan Gold & Silver has a blog post about it and they said that the green tint in this form of gold is subtle.
It’s a hard-to-find type of gold that when occurring in nature, it is an alloy known as electrum.
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