ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎨᏒᎢ chemical ᏑᏓᎴᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᏗ ᎦᏍᎩᎶ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏗᎬᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗ ᎥᎦᏔᎲᎢ (ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎯᎠ ᎳᏗᎾ aurum) ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏎᏍᏗ 79. ᎯᎠ ᎦᏟᏐᏗᎩ auric ᏩᏎᎯᎰᎢ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ. ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎾᏛᏁ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏗᎦᏘᎸᏍᏗ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ chemicals ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒᎢ attacked ᎾᎥᎢ chlorine, ᏩᎶᏫᏂ, aqua regia ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᎩᎾᏗᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎧᎵᏏᏐᏗ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏗᎦᏣᏄᎶ ᎤᎾᏣ. ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎾᏍᎩᎾ, ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏨᏕᎨᏫ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ nitric ᏧᏄᏦᏍᏔ, ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏫᎵ ᎠᎧᎵᏏᏐᏗ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᏐᎢ ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎦᏂᏱᏍᎩ. Nitric ᏧᏄᏦᏍᏔ ᎤᎭ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᏭᏪᏙᎢ ᎬᏔᏅᎯ ᎦᎫᏍᏛᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎡᏙᎲᎩ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏫᏚᏳᎪᏛ.