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  • 111Currency of Ecuador — This article provides a historical summary of the currency used in Ecuador. The present currency of Ecuador is the United States dollar. Contents 1 1822–1830 Gran Colombia 2 1830–1845 Peso 2.1 1830–1836 State of Ecuador …

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  • 112Alpaca — Taxobox name = Alpaca status = DOM image width = 250px image caption = An unshorn Alpaca grazing regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Camelidae genus = Vicugna species = V. pacos binomial = Vicugna… …

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  • 113Logam Mulia — is an Indonesian Precious Metal Refining Company.The company was founded by RT Braakensiek, a gold merchant around 1930 who started his business by refining gold scrap in certain locations of work.In 1937 he settled his business on Jalan Gajah… …

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  • 114fine-spun — (fīnʹspŭnʹ) adj. 1. Developed to extreme fineness or subtlety; elaborate. 2. Developed to excessive fineness; overwrought. * * * …

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  • 115denier — denier1 /di nuy euhr/, n. a person who denies. [1350 1400; ME; see DENY, ER1] denier2 /deuh near / or, esp. for 1, /den yeuhr/; Fr. /deuh nyay /, n. 1. a unit of weight indicating the fineness of fiber filaments and yarns, both silk and synthetic …

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  • 116karat — /kar euht/, n. a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbr.: k., kt. Also, carat. [1550 60; sp. var. of CARAT] * * * ▪ gold measurement also spelled  Carat,         a measure of the fineness (i.e., purity) of… …

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  • 117silver — silverer, n. silverish, adj. silverless, adj. silverlike, adj. silverness, n. /sil veuhr/, n. 1. Chem. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol:… …

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  • 118Silver — /sil veuhr/, n. Abba Hillel /ab euh/, 1893 1963, U.S. rabbi, born in Lithuania. * * * I Metallic chemical element, one of the transition elements, chemical symbol Ag, atomic number 47. It is a white, lustrous precious metal, valued for its beauty …

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  • 119textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …

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  • 120mineral processing — or ore dressing Mechanical treatment of crude ores to separate the valuable minerals. Mineral processing was at first applied only to ores of precious metals but later came to be used to recover other metals and nonmetallic minerals. It is also… …

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