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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 252 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELECTRON
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ELECTRUM (Gr. ijXei rpov,
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amber)  , an alloy of
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gold and
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silver in use among the ancients, described by
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Pliny as containing one
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part of silver to four of gold . The
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term is also applied in
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mineralogy to native argentiferous gold containing from 20 to 50% of silver . In both cases the name is derived from the
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pale yellow
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colour of
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electrum, resembling that of
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amber .

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