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TitleOf What Material Were the Plates?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
Secondary AuthorsSorenson, John L.
JournalJournal of Book of Mormon Studies
Volume10
Issue1
Pagination21, 78-79
KeywordsGold Plates; Metal Plates; Metallurgy; Tumbaga
Abstract

Contrary to what some may assume, the plates were most likely made not of pure gold but rather of an alloy termed tumbaga by the Spanish.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol10/iss1/5