how do you seperate gold from quartz? | Yoo Answers
Dec 08, 2008· There isn''t any gold in pure quartz, but gold often occurs with quartz. Any gold present is usually microscopic. The easiest way to extract the gold is by crushing the quartz and then oxidizing the gold with oxygen in the presence of cyanide ions. The cyanide complexes the gold and allows it to dissolve. This is known as the cyanide process.