These records were engraven on plates which had the appearance of gold, each plate was six inches wide and eight inches long, and not quite so thick as common tin. They were filled with engravings, in Egyptian characters, and bound together in a volume as the leaves of a book, with three rings running through the whole. The volume was something near six inches in thickness, a part of which was sealed. The characters on the unsealed part were small, and beautifully engraved (History of the Church, vol. 4, p. 537).
Golden Plates: each plate as thick as common tin. Approximately 85 pounds, dimensions: 6x6x8 (Joseph Smith: sealed portion accounted for 2/3rd
of plates).
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