Gold fulminate

Fulminating gold Fulminating mercury Fulminating platinum Fulminating silver Fulminic acid Furan... 

Reaction with ammonia forms gold fulminate, which explodes when dry. Analysis... 

LA, Silver Gold Fulminates, and AuNHCl, under pressures of 5000 kg/cm2, can be initiated by an igniting wire to complete decompn. Secondary expls were found to undergo combustion w/o mechanical effect even at 10,000 kg/cm2... 

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Brown powder dec by sunlight to metallic gold also slowly dec with age or at 100 , and completely at 250". Practically inso] in water sol in soln of NaCN, in HC1 or coned HNOj. With NH3 yields gold fulminate which explodes easily in dry form. Protect from tight. 

The alchemist masons who employed gold fulminate as an explosive would have prepared it on-site. To cut a block or stele with precision, the masons would have poured a fulminate slurry into a series of chiseled-out hollows, allowed it to dry and then set off a chain reaction to separate the rock. 

Moses and the authors of the Bible at the time of King Solomon may have known about gold fulminate. For example, Moses referred to the massive destruction the Lord would wreak on the land with brimstone and salt if the Israelites abandoned his covenant ... 

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