Electrum

The left one is electrum, which is poisonous to demons, and the right one is blessed iron, in case I run across any unfriendly vampires or even faeriesfaeries hate iron. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

A natural alloy of gold containing 20 per cent silver, termed electrum, is the lowest grade of the noble metal. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Silver was found in even greater abundance, both in ornaments and in vessels; besides which there were articles in electrum, which is an amalgam of silver with gold. ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

The Septuagint and Vulgate translate it, "electrum"; ❋ Unknown (1871)

When Ramses II was over eighty he celebrated his rejuvenation at the feast of Set, repeating it yearly until he was ninety and more, and displaying his power of rejuvenation to the Gods above in the Obelisks he regularly erected as a memorial, which the aged Pharaoh decorated with electrum at the top so that their brightness should pour over lands of Egypt when the sun was mirrored in them. ❋ Fouad Ajami (2011)

I believe this means the hoard of treasure on which he sleeps at night is 6 gold pieces, 2 silver, and 3 electrum smaller than first estimated, and that his enchanted Turtleneck of Mediocrity is probably working at only +3 instead of an Industry-Killing +6. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a child, I was filled with wonderment at my first encounter with electrum coins, potions of diminution, and lycanthropic foes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I thought it was quite pretty until he told me that the fabric is edged with electrum, as sharp as a razor. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2010)

Voices -- made of thinnest platinum -- that sang, the calls and flutings of invisible birds, nacre-spun nightingales and hawks of hollow electrum. ❋ Joe Sullivan (2010)

Every nail used to hammer the beams together is made of silver, iron, or electrum. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2010)

Gold chains hung with rune charms circled her wrists and ankles, and her whip curled around her like a net of electrum wire. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades, Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, electrum wirenot much use at the moment, but its always good to have sparesilver bullets, charms of protection, crucifixes, stars of David ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

The electrum wire parted with a snap and he sprang to his feet as Isabelle drew her arm back, the wire hissing around her. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

Isabelle moved forward cautiously, her electrum whip coiled at her side. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

Demon-creatures, bound with electrum chains, writhed and flopped and gurgled in their cells, but there was more, much more—the bodies of Downworlders, in different stages of death and dying. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

On a shady dealer in metals: “…..a loud British wideboy, all twisty electrum necklets and narrow, pointed shoes …..” ❋ Carla (2009)

He knew that the cell had a flagged stone floor, that three of the walls were hewn rock, and that the fourth was made of narrowly spaced electrum bars, each end sunk deeply into stone. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)