aurum

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'Aurum,' he said, disdainfully; 'aurum, the curse of our ancestors!

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  1. Gold. Its chemical symbol is Au.
  2. Aurum fulminans gold dissolved in aqua regia or nitromuriatic acid, and precipitated by ammonia; fulminating gold. This precipitate is of a brown-yellow or orange color, and when exposed to a moderate heat, or struck, detonates with considerable noise. It is probably an ammonium aurate, Au(NH4)O2. NH3.
  3. Aurum graphicum the mineral sylvanite.

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  1. L. (= Sabine ausum), in colloq. speech orum (later Italian Spanish oro = Portuguese ouro = French or: see or.), gold; related to aurora, aurelia, auster, etc.: see aurora.
 

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