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Commodity illustration: Zinc

Category:Metals and minerals

Zinc

Standard price
40 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
40 pieces of eight
Scarcity
40 pieces of eight

Export regions

Zinc is shipped in grey ingots, ready for metalworkers to melt and use. Combined with copper, it produces brass for objects and coins.

Thousands of Chinese zinc ingots were carried aboard the Mauritius, wrecked in 1609 alongside pepper and porcelain. The metal had already been extracted and cast before loading. At its destination, these plain grey pieces could become the bright yellow alloy used in a very different range of finished wares.

Sources and adaptations

Pavillon Noir official references:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 467, 531, 532.

Ludic RPG adaptations:

  • Commodity description.
  • Illustration (AI-assisted).

An independent, unofficial fan-made resource, created by Ludic RPG and adapted from the role-playing game Pavillon Noir.