How to Melt Gold Out of Rocks | Sciencing
Mar 13, 2018· How to Melt Gold Out of Rocks ... Gold and mercury quickly form an alloy, so people have used mercury amalgamation for centuries to extract gold from ore. The ore must be thoroughly clean to ensure optimum contact between the gold in the ore and the introduced mercury. One way to clean it is to wash the ore in a solution of nitric acid.