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Tough pitch copper
Obsolete term for copper containing oxygen at about 0.03-0.07% which gave a level surface free of shrinkage cracks to the top of a casting.
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Pitch: A black substance obtained from the distillation of coal tar.
Platinum: A white metallic element, the most important member of the platinum group; named platina, meaning 'silver of little value,' in 1735 by Spanish explorers of Colombia.

The pitch drop experiment at the University of Queensland. The viscosity of pitch is 100 billion times that of water.

pitchy (pitchlike) luster Luster of a mineral that appears similar to tar. Minerals with a pitchy luster are radioactive and have gone through the process of metamiction.

little reflectivity- also called dull, like shale or clay), greasy (like nepheline or apatite), metallic (also known as splendent, like pyrite or marcasite), resinous (like amber), pearly (with an iridescent reflectivity, like pearls or mica), pitchy ...

However, the Empress of Russia rejects his sales pitch, declaring the diamond too expensive. Meanwhile, a love-struck Gregory Orlov, reputed lover of Catherine, has fallen out of the Czarina's favor.

The metal is placed in pitch and worked with a chasing tool and hammer until the desired effect has been achieved. Chatelaine: A decorative clasp often worn attached to a woman's belt or girdle.

The folds are small, irregular in strike and pitch, non-persistent, and lie in all directions; in short, they indicate no general direction of compression. Their disposition suggests local rather than regional pressure.

The diamond ring was pitched not as a marketable product but as a symbol of everlasting love and security and an inseparable part of courtship and marital bliss.

Clear directions and knowledgeable commentary on the town of Gettysburg work in conjunction with the day-by-day narrative of the skirmishes and pitched fights that make up the Battle of Gettysburg.

I don't mean only negative energy, but high-pitched, frenetic energy. Anyone who has ever been with small children having a great time together will understand.

Amber Fossilized sap or pitch from trees, usually golden brown and translucent. Said to promote healing and give protection from negativity. "Amber" can also refer to the color of amber.

Theophilus also describes the method for using a "dop stick" by attaching the gemstone to a "long piece of wood of comparable thickness" using "chaser's pitch," then rubbing the stone on a wet "piece of hard sandstone, ...

A type of coal that can be polished, resulting in a pitch black stone. The term is often used in costume jewelry to denote synthetic black stones.
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*Hollowware - any clayware, glass or metal pieces such as cups, pitchers, bowls - generally serving items - as opposed to flatware.

Diamond Diamond is an isomer of carbon. The word diamond is often used incorrectly to describe a lozenge shape. The diamond in baseball refers to the infield or the whole pitch, so named because of its lozenge shape.

(Here's a method of identification that I wouldn't recommend with a prize antique: drop the piece from about 5 inches onto a hard surface like a desk top. Plastic makes a hollow sound compared to the higher pitched, ...

It belongs to the family of blue-white diamonds. William Punch Jones and Grover. C. Jones during pitching horseshoes found this diamond in the year 1928. For a span of fourteen years this rare gem was kept inside a cigar box.

Gambling is suspended when the Civil Officer visits Tawmaw, and instead of the evening gong whose beat usually invited persons to try their luck with the dice, and perhaps make their fortune, the village crier goes round and, in a voice pitched high ...

Consider giving a silver pitcher to be filled with a bouquet of flowers or a monogrammed silver tray to serve hors d'oeuvres or display perfume bottles.

See also: Metal, Rough, Make, Stone, Silver