Many small-scale miners use mercury to extract gold from crushed ore or sediment. Mercury and gold form an amalgam, which is then heated to evaporate off the mercury and obtain the gold (often called sponge gold because it contains holes where the mercury was). Further smelting removes impurities and produces a higher purity solid gold. This step is often carried out in gold shops.
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