Shared from my bookshelf

Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
CRC Press.

Used editions work fine for the hobbyist user. Amazon.com has amazing prices for used editions.

a man named Sue

Gold Refining by George Gajda

Chemistry of Gold Extraction --John Marsden & Iain House

Recovery and Refining of Precious Metals by C. W. Ammen

Simplified Methods of Refining Scrap Gold and Silver by C. W Ammen currently out of print.

Use Amazon or half.com to get on a waiting list.

Principles of Metal Refining (Oxford Science Publications)
by T. Abel Engh, Christian J. Simensen, and Olle Wijk

The Extraction and Refining of Metals by Colin Bodsworth

CRC Press (Series N --Materials Science and Technology)

King Croesus' Gold: Excavations at Sardis and the History of Gold Refining by Andrew Ramage and Paul Craddock

De Re Metallica. Agricola, G.,
(tr. by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover) New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950. (reprint of the 1912 edition.)[/u]

The Complete Guide To Gold and Silver Scrap, Chris Owen, 1989

Introduction:

When this was written, the approximate market prices were as follows:
Gold--$400 per troy ounce; Silver--$6 per troy ounce; Platinum--$500 and Palladium--$120.

Chapter Titles:
1 -- 62 Types of Scrap Containing Precious Metals
2 -- Testing Gold and Silver Alloys
3 -- Buying Gold using the Density Method
4 -- Fire Assaying of Scrap Materials
5 -- Evaluating Computer Scrap
6 -- Buying and Selling Silver Scrap
7 -- Basic Gold Refining
8 -- Basic Silver Refining
Appendix

An Introduction to Precious Metals by Mark Grimwade, 1985[/u]

Gold: Recovery, Properties and Applications
edited by E.M.Wise, 1964

Small Scale Refining of Jeweler’s Wastes
by R.Loewen, 1995, Met-Chem Research Inc, USA

Edelmetalle Taschenbuch (Precious Metal Pocketbook)
Degussa AG, Huthig GmbH, Germany, 1995
Degussa is now known as Umicore

Need to read German to use this one.

Gold Alloys
George E. Gee, The Technical Press Ltd, U.K., 1929

Working in Precious Metals,
E.A.Smith, N.A.G. Press Ltd, U.K., 1933, Reprinted 1978

Silver: Economics, Metallurgy & Use
A. Buttes & C.D.Cox, Van Norstrand, 1967

Cheap Thrills in the Tool Shop
Charles Lewton-Brain, Brain Press

The Metallurgy of Gold
M.Eissler,, 1896. Crosby, Lockwood & Son, U.K.

The Assaying & Refining – a Guide for the Gold Jewellery Producer
Peter Raw, World Gold Council,1997.
Updated edition 2001.
English only

Learn what the Gold fabricators know.


These are just some in my personal library collected over the years, many personally annotated by me, and the older ones, annotated by others before me.