Both these things are “brass” but one has a more golden hue and the other more coppery. Latter might even be a bronze. Is there any way to tell?
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I guess I could immerse in water and measure volume by displacement, then weigh, and use density to figure out composition 🤔
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Oh hmm… it’s actually a Nataraja which is why I thought it might be bronze (the other is a Ganesha)
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XRF, but the machines are about $15K each. They’ll tell you the relative % of each element so you can tell brass from bronze.
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