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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...
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    Quimbaya (section Tumbaga)
    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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    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...
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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...
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    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...
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    Corinthian bronze Electrum Hepatizon Panchaloha Shakudō Shibuichi Thokcha Tumbaga "The Internet Classics Archive | Critias by Plato". classics.mit.edu. Paragraph...
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  • gold (aluminium, zinc, tin) Shakudo (gold) Tellurium copper (tellurium) Tumbaga (gold) AlGa (aluminium, gallium) Galfenol (iron) Galinstan (indium, tin)...
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  • culture cast zoomorphic pendants out of gold and tumbaga, using the lost wax method. When using tumbaga, artists would often use acid to remove copper from...
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    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 Brass Bronze Copper Mokume-gane Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
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    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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    Colored gold Crown gold Electrum Shakudō Shibuichi Sterling silver Argentium Tumbaga Base metals Brass Bronze Copper Mokume-gane Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
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    Colored gold Crown gold Electrum Shakudō Shibuichi Sterling silver Argentium Tumbaga Base metals Brass Bronze Copper Mokume-gane Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
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    periods are mainly pottery and carved stone. In classic periods gold and tumbaga are the most frequent: an example of this is the Poporo Quimbaya, which...
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    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...
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    supernatural power. It was also known as taguagua, and in South America as tumbaga. The Spanish referred to it as "low gold", distinguishing it from items...
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    Pyrite, often referred to as Fool's Gold Shakudō, copper with 4–10% gold Tumbaga Encyclopædia of Chemistry, theoretical, Practical, and Analytical: As Applied...
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    vessels are of priceless value. An alloy of gold and copper, known as tumbaga was in widespread use in Pre-columbian Mesoamerica, and has an essentially...
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    also known as Black Corinthian Bronze Electrum – Alloy of gold and silver Tumbaga – Alloy of gold and copper used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Shakudō –...
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    Colored gold Crown gold Electrum Shakudō Shibuichi Sterling silver Argentium Tumbaga Base metals Brass Bronze Copper Mokume-gane Nickel silver (alpacca): Niobium...
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    fabricated by various techniques from an alloy of copper and gold, named tumbaga by the Spaniards. The surface is etched with acids, resulting in a surface...
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    crafted by the Muisca were actually made of a gold-copper alloy called tumbaga. Gold played an important role in Musica religion; it decorated the principal...
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    displays a selection of pre-Columbian gold and other metal alloys, such as Tumbaga, and contains the largest collection of gold artifacts in the world in...
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    also known as Black Corinthian Bronze Electrum – Alloy of gold and silver Tumbaga – Alloy of gold and copper used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Panchaloha –...
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    elaborated by the Muisca as part of their art. Tunjos were made of gold or tumbaga; a gold-silver-copper alloy. The Muisca used their tunjos in various instances...
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    high number of gilded or silvered objects as well as the appearance of Tumbaga, a alloy of copper and gold, and sometimes also silver. Arsenic bronze...
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  • five-metal alloys used for Hindu artifacts Electrum – Alloy of gold and silver Tumbaga – Alloy of gold and copper used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Shakudō –...
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  • investment Gold coin Platinum coin Silver as an investment Silver coin Tumbaga London Bullion Market Association. "Definitions". Archived from the original...
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    ornaments, roofs or outside wall plating. It withstands corrosion well. Tumbaga – Alloy of gold and copper used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica "Buy silicon...
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    accessories were produced, many golden ones, but also many other ones made of tumbaga, a non-specific alloy of gold and copper given by Spanish Conquistadors...
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