so is phosphor bronze

copper alloys in general have good colors

@VoxSomniator I kind of want to just get a little piece of beryllium copper stock just to have, but I dunno how it tarnishes

@Felthry Hmm, weird metal bits are cool to have. I found instructions for cleaning and stuff that say "a thin oxide layer forms over time" but that's terribly vague. I can't find pictures of any corroded beryllium copper anywhere though! It's chemically-resistant or something.

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@VoxSomniator phosphor bronze isn't, I know that

I feel like beryllium copper forms an unappealing-color patina but I don't have any evidence for that

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