Aqua Regia
[royal water ]. So called because it dissolves gold,
the king of metals. It consists of one part of nitric acid, with
from two to four of hydrochloric acid.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Aqua Regia from Fact Monster:
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