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From: steve jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>
To: COFF <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: Typical Fate of Older Hardware
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 09:11:15 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BFF53F0-D82D-4F8A-B79A-15DE44576EFB@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABH=_VS1haXh6zgpwvjDa3ALgvQWP_3+R5maB++uCD=HAx_7EQ@mail.gmail.com>

Or cyanide :(

Used to reprocess ‘mullock’ heaps left after mercury extraction.
	<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_cyanidation>

> On 1 Aug 2023, at 07:20, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One other interesting property of gold is that it dissolves in liquid
> mercury. 

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-31 23:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-29 23:26 [COFF] " segaloco via COFF
2023-07-30  3:04 ` [COFF] " steve jenkin
2023-07-30  3:33   ` segaloco via COFF
2023-07-30 16:15 ` Grant Taylor via COFF
2023-07-30 20:33   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2023-07-31 16:36     ` [COFF] " Paul Winalski
2023-07-31 16:52       ` [COFF] " Brad Spencer
2023-07-31 18:40         ` segaloco via COFF
2023-07-31 21:20           ` Paul Winalski
2023-07-31 23:11             ` steve jenkin [this message]
2023-07-31 21:59           ` segaloco via COFF
2023-07-31 17:28       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2023-08-01  6:30     ` Wesley Parish
2023-08-01 21:14       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2023-07-30 21:51 ` Paul Winalski

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