A legendary or historical brass-like alloy mentioned in ancient texts, possibly meaning an ore containing gold and copper or a precious brass.
From Latin 'aureus' (golden) plus 'chalcum' (copper), literally meaning 'golden copper,' though the exact composition and nature of the historical alloy remains debated.
Aurichalcum appears in Plato's writings about Atlantis and was so highly valued that scholars still debate whether it was brass, a gold-copper alloy, or possibly even a lost ancient metallurgical technique!
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