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Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, [1] [2] with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver.
If an Allomancer burns Atium, it lets them see a few seconds into the future as a ghostly image overlaid on the present. This is a significant advantage in combat; it lets them know every move the opponent will make. This is canceled if the opponent burns Atium or electrum: it causes a feedback loop, so the user sees a mess of possible futures ...
It may also occur as cubic, octahedral, or dodecahedral crystals. It may occur alloyed with gold as electrum. It often occurs with silver sulfide and sulfosalt minerals. [5] [6] Various amalgams of silver and mercury or other metals and mercury do occur rarely as minerals in nature. An example is the mineral eugenite (Ag 11 Hg 2) and related ...
Electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of silver and gold, develops a greenish cast with increasing silver content, ranging in color from green-yellow (for proportions of silver between 14% and 29%) to pale green-yellow (for proportions of silver between 29% and 50%). [10]: Fig. 2 It was known to the ancient Persians as long ago as 860 BC. [4]
Gold parting is the separating of gold from silver (and other metallic impurities). Gold and silver are often extracted from the same ores and are chemically similar and therefore difficult to separate.
The classical names for amber, Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron) and one of its Latin names, electrum, [a] are connected to a term ἠλέκτωρ (ēlektōr) meaning "beaming Sun". [10] [11] According to myth, when Phaëton son of Helios (the Sun) was killed, his mourning sisters became poplar trees, and their tears became elektron ...
Electrum coin from Ephesus, 625–600 BC.Obverse: Stag grazing right, ΦΑΝΕΩΣ (retrograde). Reverse: Two incuse punches, each with raised intersecting lines. The Phanes coins, so called for the name inscribed on them, are early electrum coins from Caria in Asia Minor and are the most ancient inscribed coin series at present known.
Electrotype of electrum coin from Ephesus, 625–600 BC. Stag grazing right, ΦΑΕΝΟΣ ΕΜΙ ΣΕΜΑ (retrograde, "I am the badge of Phaenos"). The earliest known inscribed coinage, from the foundation deposit of the Temple of Artemis: electrum coin of Phaneos from Ephesus, 625–600 BC.