Category: Tumbaga
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Confounding the Conquistadors: Tumbaga’s Spurious Luster
Richard A. Durrant
Stuart J. Flemming An essay regarding the Spanish discovery of Tumbaga, the gold alloy of which the Gold Plates were likely constructed 1999 Expedition Magazine 41/2 Read more
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Depletion Gilding: An Ancient Method for Surface Enrichment of Gold Alloys
Richard A. Durrant
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna Describes the ancient American gold alloy Tumbaga 2016 Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering, January 2016 Read more
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How Big a Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates
Richard A. Durrant
Bruce E. Dale We do not have the Book of Mormon metal plates available to us. We cannot heft them, examine the engravings, or handle the leaves of that ancient record as did the Three Witnesses, the Eight Witnesses, and the many other witnesses to both the existence and nature of the plates. In such Read more
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Confounding the Conquistadors, Tumbaga’s Spurious Luster
Richard A. Durrant
Author Stuart J. Flemming Published 1999 A study of the common Mesoamerican gold/copper alloy Tumbaga, a similar or identical alloy to that from which the Book of Mormon plates were made Read more
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Depletion Gilding: Am Ancient Method for Surface Enrichment of Gold Alloys
Richard A. Durrant
Author Amelia Carolina Sparavigna Published 2016 Study concerning Gold/Copper/silver alloys such as the one the Nephite record was kept, an ancient method of surface enrichment similar or identical to the process which may have been conducted with the Book of Mormon plates Read more
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How Witnesses Described the Gold Plates
Richard A. Durrant
Author Kirk B. Henrichsen Published 2001 A comparison of multiple account of the physical gold plates including their size, weight and metallurgical composition Read more