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1995, G. Morteani & P. Northover (Eds.), Prehistoric Gold in Europe
The gold deposits of Verespatak belong to the famous 'Golden Quadrangle' (Romania). They have probably been exploited since ancient times. In order to obtain more detailed compositional information, native gold samples were analysed by WDS and NAA. The results show that the gold from Verespatak has typically very high silver contents in the order of 20-25% and also contains tellurium and other trace elements in the matrix and bound to mineral inclusions. Melting experiments under oxidizing and reducing conditions showed that copper and tellurium contained in the gold were hardly affected. Thus copper contents of up to 0.4% and tellurium contents of up to 0.2% can occur in this gold type. Such high tellurium contents have so far not been found in prehistoric gold objects from the region.
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