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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 649 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

Electrum is described in c. 23, as gold mixed with a certain quantity of silver. The word “electrum” is also used to signify amber, as in B. iii. c. 30.—B.

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