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> Again, you are probably looking at luxury goods as well - adornments and the
> like. Gold is always a good trade item. Imperishable and easily worked.
> Certain woods, perhaps. Maybe they like the way certain items make the water
> around them taste? (read smell).
/// Interesting. Any ideas about something that would "perfume" sea water ?
> Yes, aluminum was extremely valuable until the late 19th century. Far more so
> than gold or platinum. Napoleon III was famous for having an entire enough
> aluminum dinnerware for a state dinner. Quicksilver, on the other hand, was
> known to the Babylonians and Egyptians and extracted readily from cinnabar
> and realgar. A large model of China in Emperor Qin's tomb has rivers which
> were made from quicksilver. He was buried in 3rd century BCE.
/// Very interesting. I thought aluminium was refined bauxite, but have no idea
what bauxite looks like, or how it's refined into aluminium.
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