For those who haven’t held one, there’s nothing quite like it

(what has the collectibles sub done to me?).
What is the base metal? I see that it's gold plated and that it feels great to hold.
I've been doing work with metals heretofore unheld by me. I remember the little craze lately about - was it tungsten? The tungsten cube craze? I've never held a tungsten cube....
At any rate I think your piece is very pretty indeed...