Mercury readily mixes with gold and silver to form amalgams – which were very useful throughout the history of metal refining. Learn how amalgams work here.
At Manhattan Gold & Silver, we melt precious metals using induction furnaces. This blog post explains how induction furnaces work.
The Lycurgus cup contains gold nanoparticles that make it change color. Learn more about the design of the Lycurgus cup in this blog post.
Borax does more than clean clothes; it can also “clean” gold ore to produce samples of pure gold. Learn how borax-based refining works in this article.
Assaying is an important part of the precious metal refining process. Assays reveal the purity of precious metal samples, ensuring the refiner can give a fair payout.
High purity gold is a very rare find. However, gold refiners are able to create high purity gold samples through a procedure known as the Miller Process.
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