Electrum

Origin

The etymological origin is the decisive canonical vocabulary of Greek 'ēlektron (amber)' — the decisive canon having the dual meaning of amber and electrum. The decisive monetary origin canon is the decisive origin canon of the electrum coinage (mermnai, ~14.1 grams) of Sardis (Sardis), the capital of the Lydian (Lydia) Kingdom of Asia Minor of the 7th century BCE — the decisive canon of humanity's first minted coinage, and the decisive royal canon is the decisive canon of the electrum coinage of Croesus (Croesus), the last king of Lydia of 561-547 BCE. The decisive historical canon is the decisive canon of Greek Herodotus's (Herodotus, 484-425 BCE) Histories (Histories) Book 1 verse 94 of the 5th century BCE — 'The Lydians were the first, so far as we know, to strike and use coinage of gold and silver'. The decisive natural history canon is the decisive canon of electrum in the Roman Pliny the Elder's (Pliny the Elder, 23-79) Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 verse 80 of the 1st century — 'Gold containing one-fifth silver is called electrum, and there are two kinds, natural and artificial'. The decisive Egyptian canon is the decisive canon of the electrum on the obelisks of Egypt and the pyramidion (capstone) of the Great Pyramid of Giza of c. 1500-1400 BCE.

Features

• Natural alloy of gold (Au) and silver (Ag) — typically 70-80% gold + 20-30% silver + trace copper
• Main axis — humanity's first minted coinage of Lydia
• Greek ēlektron (ēlektron) — same etymology as amber
• Decisive primary canon — Herodotus Histories Book 1 verse 94 / Pliny Natural History Book 33 verse 80
• Electrum on the pyramidion (capstone) of Egyptian pyramids and obelisks
• Origin Lydia of Asia Minor, Egypt, Colorado

Stories

The electrum coinage of Sardis of the Lydian Kingdom of the 7th century BCE is the decisive origin, and the decisive historical canon is the electrum coinage of Lydia in Herodotus's Histories Book 1 verse 94 of the 5th century BCE. The decisive canon used as the material for humanity's first minted coinage, and the decisive canon used as the material for Egyptian obelisks and the pyramidion (capstone) of pyramids. The decisive natural history canon is the decisive canon of natural and artificial electrum in Pliny the Elder's Natural History Book 33 verse 80 of the 1st century, and the decisive Greek comparative canon is the decisive canon of Greek 'ēlektron' having the dual meaning of amber and electrum, and the decisive canon of the etymology of electricity by William Gilbert (William Gilbert, 1544-1603) of England naming the frictional static electricity of amber as 'electricitas' in the 17th century — the decisive canon of the etymology of electricity (electricity).

Weakness

Electrum's weaknesses are: (1) variability of alloy ratio — the decisive canonical weakness — the decisive canon of the gold-to-silver ratio of natural electrum varying by source; (2) binding of value — the decisive canon of electrum's value being proportional to gold content; (3) binding of alloy — the decisive canon of the possibility of producing artificial electrum; (4) binding of Mohs hardness 2.5-3 — the decisive canon of the limit of hardness as a gold-silver alloy; (5) binding of time — the decisive canon of the binding of the origin of Lydian coinage of the 7th century BCE; (6) binding of the sacred domain — the decisive canon; (7) binding of etymology — the decisive canon of the binding of amber and electrum; (8) binding of Greece — the decisive canon of the binding of Lydia and Greece. The decisive canonical finale is the decisive mythological canon of the Persian Cyrus the Great's (Cyrus the Great) conquest of Lydia in 547 BCE.

Cultural Significance

Electrum is not merely an alloy icon but the canonical iconographic figure of the decisive Greek-Lydian-Egyptian canon, traversing the electrum on the obelisks and pyramidion of pyramids of Egypt of c. 1500-1400 BCE, the electrum coinage of Sardis of the Lydian Kingdom of the 7th century BCE, the electrum coinage of King Croesus of Lydia of 561-547 BCE, the Persian Cyrus the Great's conquest of Lydia of 547 BCE, Herodotus's Histories Book 1 verse 94 of the 5th century BCE, Pliny the Elder's Natural History Book 33 verse 80 of the 1st century, and the decisive canon of William Gilbert's etymology of electricity of the 17th century. The etymological origin settled as the decisive canon of Greek 'ēlektron (amber)' — the decisive canon having the dual meaning of amber and electrum. The decisive monetary origin canon is the decisive origin canon of the electrum coinage (mermnai, ~14.1 grams or ~17.5 grams, with a lion's head emblem) of Sardis (Sardis), the capital of the Lydian (Lydia) Kingdom of Asia Minor of the 7th century BCE — the decisive canon of humanity's first minted coinage, and the decisive royal canon is the decisive canon of the electrum coinage (stater stater) of Croesus (Croesus), the last king of Lydia of 561-547 BCE, and the decisive conquest canon is the decisive canon of the Persian Cyrus the Great's (Cyrus the Great) conquest of Lydia in 547 BCE. The decisive historical canon is the decisive canon of Greek Herodotus's (Herodotus, 484-425 BCE) Histories (Histories) Book 1 verse 94 of the 5th century BCE — 'The Lydians were the first, so far as we know, to strike and use coinage of gold and silver'. The decisive natural history canon is the decisive canon of electrum in the Roman Pliny the Elder's (Pliny the Elder, 23-79) Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 verse 80 of the 1st century — 'Gold containing one-fifth silver is called electrum, and there are two kinds, natural and artificial'. The decisive Egyptian canon is the decisive canon of the electrum on the tips of obelisks (obelisk) of Egypt of c. 1500-1400 BCE and the pyramidion (pyramidion, capstone) of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Great Pyramid of Giza). The decisive etymology canon is the decisive canon of the English physician and scientist William Gilbert (William Gilbert, 1544-1603) of the 17th century naming the frictional static electricity of amber as 'electricitas' in De Magnete (De Magnete) of 1600 — the decisive canon of the etymology of English 'electricity', 'electron', and 'electronic'.

In Popular Culture

Electrum on the obelisks and pyramidion (capstone) of pyramids of Egypt (c. 1500-1400 BCE) — decisive Egyptian canonElectrum coinage of Sardis (Sardis) of the Lydian (Lydia) Kingdom (7th century BCE) — decisive monetary origin canonElectrum coinage of King Croesus (Croesus) of Lydia (561-547 BCE) — decisive royal canonPersian Cyrus the Great's (Cyrus the Great) conquest of Lydia (547 BCE) — decisive conquest canonHerodotus Histories (Histories) Book 1 verse 94 (5th century BCE) — decisive historical canonPliny the Elder Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 verse 80 (1st century) — decisive natural history canonWilliam Gilbert De Magnete (De Magnete) 'electricitas' (1600) — decisive etymology canonAncient Greek Hesiod (Hesiod) and Homer (Homer) on electrum — decisive Greek canonElectrum on the obelisks of Karnak temple of Egypt — decisive Egyptian canonAncient Roman electrum mirrors — 21st-century decisive global canon