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To: nickcarraway; SunkenCiv

“So how do I turn lead into Gold? (PB>AU)”

You load your gun, you rob a bank. Something along these lines. (Look out when the lead comes back your way!)


These discuss a 10th century African way to remove impurities in refining gold! (Using recycled glass!)

popularized article (Easy read)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-african-gold

technical article (Longer read)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440314001484


61 posted on 09/16/2020 6:46:31 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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63 posted on 09/16/2020 10:46:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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