See also:

• ELECTRON

ELECTRON See also:

• ELECTRON ELECTRUM (Gr. ijXei rpov, amber)

ELECTRUM (Gr. ijXei rpov, See also:

• AMBER

amber)  , an alloy of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

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

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

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 See also:

• ELECTRUM, ELECTRON (Gr. ijXei rpov, amber)

electrum, resembling that of See also:

• AMBER

amber .