scorification

[ skawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, skohr- ]

nounMetallurgy.

an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.

Origin of scorification

First recorded in 1745–55; scori(a) + -fication

There are three stages in the scorification process; roasting, fusion, and scorification.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. Bramble
The concentration of the button of lead may be effected either by scorification or by fusion in a crucible.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
If the scorification has been unsatisfactory, the quantity of silver obtained from the slag will be by no means inconsiderable.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
If these larger cupels are not at hand the larger buttons will have to be reduced in size by a scorification before cupelling.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The first is conducted in one of two ways, known respectively as the crucible method and the scorification method.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various

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