Material used for decoration, could it be mamas?

A. G. Maisey · 2nd March 2024, 11:03 PM

See post #5:-

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...412#post288412

A little more in depth info:-

https://journals.openedition.org/artefact/1996

EDIT

there is another material that is sometimes used in ornamentation in SE Asia, & that is tin, we often find it used in seluts, where it is nearly always mistaken for silver --- until the little bottle of test fluid gets opened.

milandro · 3rd March 2024, 01:13 PM

So I have my answer from the last comment

Tin it is! The difference with aluminum is pretty easy to assess and that is that tin is magnetic whilst aluminum isn't.

I tested with a magnet and , lo and behold, it is attracting the decoration plates.

https://sciencing.com/change-color-m...s-8584080.html

2nd March 2024, 11:03 PM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	See post #5:- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...412#post288412 A little more in depth info:- https://journals.openedition.org/artefact/1996 EDIT there is another material that is sometimes used in ornamentation in SE Asia, & that is tin, we often find it used in seluts, where it is nearly always mistaken for silver --- until the little bottle of test fluid gets opened. Last edited by A. G. Maisey; 2nd March 2024 at 11:23 PM. Reason: Afterthought

3rd March 2024, 01:13 PM	#2
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	So I have my answer from the last comment Tin it is! The difference with aluminum is pretty easy to assess and that is that tin is magnetic whilst aluminum isn't. I tested with a magnet and , lo and behold, it is attracting the decoration plates. https://sciencing.com/change-color-m...s-8584080.html