Gold : history, metallurgy, culture / Fathi Habashi

Author: Habashi, Fathi
Published: Québec City, Canada : Métallurgie Extractive Québec, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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Contents

HISTORY: Gold-an historical introduction -- Gold through the ages -- History of gold on postage stamps -- Gold in the Mediterranean civilizations -- Gold in the Middle Eastern and Eurasian civilizations -- Gold in the far east -- Gold in the American Indian empires -- Gold in the ancient African kingdoms -- Gold in the west -- Assaying of gold -- Amalgamation of gold -- Gold in coinage -- Gold rushes -- One hundred years cyanidation -- METALLURGY: The theory of cyanidation -- Kinetics and mechanism of gold and silver dissolution in cyanide solution -- Gold recovery from cyanide solution -- Gold recovery from anodic slimes -- Recent advances in gold metallurgy and addendum -- Refining -- Gold metallurgy and the environment -- SELECTED TOPICS: The world of gold -- Golden fleece -- The griffin -- Gold museums.

Subject(s)

Gold—History
Gold—Metallurgy

ISBN

9782922686135
2922686132

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

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