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amalgamation, amalgam treatment
1. The treating of precious-metal ores with mercury for the purpose of extracting their values.
2. The mixing of mercury with another metal, or metals, to form an alloy.
3. The process of separating metal from ore by alloying the metal with mercury; formerly used for gold and silver recovery, where it has been superseded by the cyanide process.
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amalgamation pan
An iron container in which precious-metal ores can be ground with water and further treated with mercury and chemicals until amalgamation is completed; used especially, formerly, to separate gold from its ore.
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amalgamation table, amalgamation plate
A flat metal surface on which mercury is spread so that it will amalgate with gold particles as gold-bearing ore is washed over it.
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