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Tumbaga is the name
given by
Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific
alloy of gold and copper, and
metals composed of
these elements.
Pieces made of...
- Gold
Museum in Bogotá, Colombia. Cast
using the lost wax
technique in
Tumbaga alloy around 300 CE, the 777 gram
golden vessel was used as a ceremonial...
- Moro pirates. A
strong earthquake in 1743
caused the bell
tower of the
Tumbaga church to collapse. As a result, the
fragile southwest ridge of
Mount Banahaw's...
- an
alloy Gold
standard in
banking List of
countries by gold
production Tumbaga,
alloy of gold and
copper Iron pyrite, fool's gold
Nordic gold, non-gold...
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accuracy and
detailed designs. The
majority of the gold work is made in
tumbaga alloy, with 30% copper,
which colours the pieces. The
Quimbaya inhabited...
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Colored gold
Crown gold
Electrum Shakudō
Shibuichi Sterling silver Argentium Tumbaga Base
metals Br****
Bronze Copper Mokume-gane
Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
- history,
archeology and ethnography. The Gold Museum, with 35,000
pieces of
tumbaga gold,
along with 30,000
objects in ceramic,
stone and textiles, represents...
- an
alloy of
meteoric iron or "thunderbolt iron"
commonly used in
Tibet Tumbaga – a
similar material,
originating in Pre-Columbian
America Chisholm, Hugh...
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Colored gold
Crown gold
Electrum Shakudō
Shibuichi Sterling silver Argentium Tumbaga Base
metals Br****
Bronze Copper Mokume-gane
Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
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advantage to the
Roman soldier." In pre-Columbian America,
objects made of
tumbaga, an
alloy of
copper and gold,
started being produced in
Panama and Costa...
