Aurelium

Properties

Material Characteristics

Aurelium comes in smaller clusters, and are often overlooked by passerby as merely small pieces of jutted out stalactites or stalagmites within caves and often ignored in favour or larger crystals. The one thing to keep track of in order to spot them, however, is that one must keep track of the stalagmites and stalactites that look to be sweating. Granted, it'll seem normal to see a sweating stalactite, but in reality these ones appear to be releasing small beads of liquid gold. That, in essence, is how you find yourself aurelium. The material itself happens to have a dull sheen to it when found in its unrefined form, and once refined, appears to change almost entirely, as if opening up a prism of scintillating colours.

Physical & Chemical Properties

The material, when unrefined, is similar to a light grey, smooth rock. It feels cool to the touch, and is generally unresponsive to any form of actions upon it. Due to its unpolished structure, it is neither flamable or acidic. When refined, however, the aurelium light vibrates in ones hand, and gives off a subtle warmth when held. Otherwise, it continues to be neither flamable or acidic, but does shift between an array of colours that swirl and cycle around the aurelium.

Compounds

Aurelium is most commonly used in creating the aura alloy, which grants the pretty metallic sheen that it creates when it is refined. However, to stop it from granting discomfort, it is often added with gold, silver, or platinum in small quantities to allow for less vibration from the raw material itself.

Geology & Geography

The material is most commonly found it caves nearby the Stormus region. This is, in part due to the fact that the Stormus region is prone to elemental fluctuations and has, over time, resulted in the unique material that is known as aurelium as a byproduct of the introduction said elemental chaos.

Origin & Source

The origins of this metal are fairly interesting, as most have observed that by pouring in elemental chaos into what appears to be simple quartz of varying levels over a period of time, you can simulate a similar affect to aurelium, if substantially more unstable. Some believe that whatever was originally introduced was perhaps a form of magic material that had been growing in large spikes, and that it was easily susceptible to the influence of different elemental influences. Unfortunately, with the way that aurelium is now, it is nigh impossible to determine what the original material was.

History & Usage

History

The material was originally seen as something of limited use, and still is today, somewhat. But over time, people have begun to see the valuable metal as, perhaps, a symbol of status for its extreme rarity. As such, even after replications of the process that it went through in order to become aurelium, nobody has been able to create a perfect replication of the process. Each time someone tries, the material has slowly degraded back into whatever was used over a period of time. As such, many royals in the past have looked for aurelium as a way to show their status as the head of a monarchy, and even gifted grand swords made of it as a symbol of the king or queen's happiness with the efforts of vassals.

Discovery

First discovered by the famous explorer Harold Mussel Charles Kowalski Beaumeier van Hreckstein de Abernathy I when he was out searching for something to bring back home to his lovely wife, Beatrice.

Everyday use

Nowadays, aurelium has been mostly melted down and been transformed into a new form of use to prove rank and status. Those chosen few who are exceptionally impressive in their militaries have been given small coins of aurelium that have been carefully carved with seals of their nation to be used as a form of 'challenge coin', should they ever come across a disreputable person.

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Type

Metal

Odor

Aurelium is near entirely odorless, with, if one's nose is strong enough, the faint smell of brimstone

Taste

The taste is not too appetizing, but it does invite the idea of salt

Color

The colour of aurelium before it is refined looks to be that of a rather dull, faded quartz that easily blends in with the stone caverns it's found in.

Boiling / Condensation Point

The boiling point for aurelium is 4,259°C.

Melting / Freezing Point

The melting point for aurelium is 1,852°C, which is slightly above the melting point for platinum.

Common State

Most commonly found as a solid in the shape of a stalactite or a stalagmite.