Precious metal
A precious metal is one of a group of metallic elements that are rare, expensive, and chemically less reactive compared to most metals, as well as being valued for jewelry. The metals conventionally accepted in this category are:
Other typical properties are high melting points and high luster in their elemental form.
Silver is sometimes classed as precious, although it differs in being less rare and expensive, and also more reactive than the others above.
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As to the Emperor, he flew into great fury and threatened to cancel the
peace.html">peace of his realm, nay and under his very eyes, had so much noble blood
forthwith make an example of the guilty men.html">men.html">men. He would make young
his royal word, and as for young Welemisl, he was minded to devise some
sword! And he commanded that not only his own constables and men-at-
those young men.
Only two days later Sir Franz was brought in by the city watch; he had
in a tavern at Schwabach by his coughing. Howbeit his Majesty had by
than even the court-folks, for indeed her father, Count Cilly, was near
once, when forty thousand ducats had been poured into his ever-empty
shall I sleep well, for that which broke my rest you bear away with you."
against his will, now saw that his peace was in evil plight by reason of
mind in a happy hour that Welemisl had been provoked out of all measure
but, being heated with wine, in a sudden rage, and that he was in so far
a guilty intent, counting on his skill as a swordsman, the Emperor
secretary, Caspar Slick, whom the Queen had beguiled; and this man,
magistrate gladly agreed to forthwith, as mild yet sufficient. Matters
Steinbach had slain a citizen of Nuremberg in a fray with the town.html">town, and
Abbot of Waldsassen: by taking on himself, as an act of penance, to make
convents, and henceforth to do service to the town in every quarrel, in
years. All this he had duly done, and it came about that the Emperor now
not only to Rome--inasmuch as their guilt was greater than Steinbach's--
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