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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 252 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ELECTRUM, ELECTRON (Gr. ijXei rpov, amber)

ELECTRUM, See also:
ELECTRON
ELECTRON (Gr. ijXei rpov, See also:
AMBER
amber) , an alloy of See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver in use among the ancients, described by See also:

Pliny as containing one See also:

PART

part of silver to four of gold. The See also:

TERM

term is also applied in See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy to native argentiferous gold containing from 20 to 50% of silver. In both cases the name is derived from the See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale yellow See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of electrum, resembling that of amber.

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