Mercury Mineral Data + 
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- 1.1.7.1 Mercury Hg R 3m 3 2/m
- I/A.02-10 Mercury Hg R 3m 3 2/m
- I/A.02-20 Kolymite Cu7Hg6 I 43m 4 3m
- I/A.02-22 Belendorffite Cu7Hg6 R 3m 3m
- I/A.02-28 Eugenite Ag9Hg2 I 43m 4 3m
- I/A.02-30 Moschellandsbergite Ag2Hg3 I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.02-40 Luanheite Ag3Hg P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.02-50 Schachnerite Ag1.1Hg0.9 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.02-60 Paraschachnerite Ag3Hg2 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.02-70 Goldamalgam* (Au,Ag)Hg I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.02-80 Weishanite (Au,Ag)3Hg2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.02-90 Potarite PdHg P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.02-100 Leadamalgam HgPb2 I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
General Mercury Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Hg | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 200.59 gm | ||
| Mercury 100.00 % Hg | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Hg | ||
| Environment: |
Secondary mineral resulting from oxidation of cinnabar deposits. Solid below -38.9°C. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric | ||
| Locality: |
Most notable occurrences are Almaden mines in Spain and the Idria mines in Yugoslavia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
From the Arabic. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 44514 | ||
| PDF 9-253 | |||
| Quecksilber | |||
| Quicksilver | |||
Mercury Image | |||
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Mercury Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.92739 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 3.4573, c = 6.6636, Z = 3; V = 68.98 Den(Calc)= 14.49 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m | ||
Physical Properties of Mercury |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Tin white, Gray white. | ||
| Density: |
13.6 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Habit: |
Liquid - Occurs as a liquid at room temperatures. | ||
| Hardness: |
0 - Liquid | ||
| Luminescence: |
None. | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
| Magnetism: |
Nonmagnetic | ||
| Streak: |
none | ||
Calculated Properties of Mercury |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=11.6 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.302 Boson Index = 0.698 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEMercury =1,774.45 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Mercury is Not Radioactive |
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Mercury Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.1.7.1 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.7)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.02-10 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.02 - Mercury and Amalgame series | |||
Other Mercury Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Mercury : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Athena 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - MinMax(Deutsch) 10 - MinMax(English) 11 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - Philatelic Mineralogy 14 - QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - Ruff.Info 16 - Scandinavian mineral gallery 17 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Mercury using: Visit our Advertisers for Mercury : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Mercury Mineral Data : Ask about Mercury here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Mercury Specimen Label here :
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