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- Orichalcum - Wikipedia
Orichalcum is prominent in the RPG video game series Dragon Quest starting with Dragon Quest III It is a mythical metal used to forge powerful weapons and armors
- Orichalcum - World History Encyclopedia
Orichalcum was a golden-yellow coloured mixture consisting of both copper and zinc and referred to as brass The Romans were the first to make coins from orichalcum and were attracted to the metal due to its close resemblance to gold
- Orichalcum, The Ancient Metal That Seemingly Vanished From Earth
An alloy similar to brass, orichalcum looked like gold and was used in ancient times to make Roman coins before it fell out of use and seemingly vanished from the Earth
- Orichalcum: Legendary Metal of Atlantis, Or Just A Common Ore?
Historically, since the 4th millennium BC, Cyprus is known to have produced every copper variation known to man, including orichalcum, essentially a mixture of copper and zinc, with small traces of nickel and iron
- Orichalcum: Mystery Metal of the Ancients - Historic Mysteries
The Orichalcum alloy was recorded as being incredibly malleable, stronger than copper, and hard to tarnish Many modern historians believe that the semi-mythological metal known as Orichalcum was likely therefore to have been an early type of brass, especially during the Roman era
- Found: 47 Lumps of Orichalcum, an Ancient Alloy Attributed to Atlantis
Orichalcum was supposed to be a shiny alloy, much like brass It’s known from ancient texts, like Plato, which described it as a rare metal, mined at Atlantis
- Orichalcum - drumsofatlantis. com
Plato’s account of Atlantis mentions a mysterious metal known as orichalcum He describes the use of this metal in the construction of the city’s walls and temples
- The Use of Orichalcum in Atlantis Legends
Thus, orichalcum can be interpreted as “mountain copper” or “copper from the mountain ” This description could point to a naturally occurring copper alloy or to a metallurgical creation that incorporated copper as a major element
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