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Would keeping nuggets in salt improve their look?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 604208" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Gold is readily soluble in aqua regia, or in any other mixture producing nascent chlorine, among such mixtures being solutions of:</p><p></p><p>nitrates, chlorides, and sulphates e.g., bisulphate of soda, nitrate of soda, and <strong>common salt</strong>;</p><p>chlorides and some sulphatese.g., ferric sulphate;</p><p>hydrochloric acid and potassium chlorate;</p><p>bleaching powder and acids, or salts such as bicarbonate of soda.</p><p></p><p>It is an important process, thought to produce secondary gold in laterites because surface water tends to be salty in near-surface environments (over very prolonged time). While I don;t think you would lose much gold soaking it that way, unless you live to be Methusela, I wonder if it might be sufficient to make nuggets look a bit brighter.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/solubility-of-gold" target="_blank">https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/solubility-of-gold</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 604208, member: 4386"] Gold is readily soluble in aqua regia, or in any other mixture producing nascent chlorine, among such mixtures being solutions of: nitrates, chlorides, and sulphates e.g., bisulphate of soda, nitrate of soda, and [b]common salt[/b]; chlorides and some sulphatese.g., ferric sulphate; hydrochloric acid and potassium chlorate; bleaching powder and acids, or salts such as bicarbonate of soda. It is an important process, thought to produce secondary gold in laterites because surface water tends to be salty in near-surface environments (over very prolonged time). While I don;t think you would lose much gold soaking it that way, unless you live to be Methusela, I wonder if it might be sufficient to make nuggets look a bit brighter. [url]https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/solubility-of-gold[/url] [/QUOTE]
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