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General Mercury Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Hg
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 200.59 gm
   Mercury 100.00 %  Hg
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Hg
Help on Environment: Environment: Secondary mineral resulting from oxidation of cinnabar deposits. Solid below -38.9°C.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric
Help on Locality: Locality: Most notable occurrences are Almaden mines in Spain and the Idria mines in Yugoslavia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: From the Arabic.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 44514
  PDF 9-253
  Quecksilber
  Quicksilver
 

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Mercury

Comments: Silvery metallic mercury coatings on quartz.
Location: Socrates Mine, Sonoma County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Mercury

Comments: Small silvery droplets of mercury on tan-colored rock matrix.
Location: Sonoma Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Mercury Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.92739
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.4573, c = 6.6636, Z = 3; V = 68.98 Den(Calc)= 14.49
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m
 

Physical Properties of Mercury

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Tin white, Gray white.
Help on Density: Density: 13.6
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Liquid - Occurs as a liquid at room temperatures.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 0 - Liquid
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: None.
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
Help on Magnetism: Magnetism: Nonmagnetic
Help on Streak: Streak: none
 

Calculated Properties of Mercury

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=11.6 gm/cc
note: rMercury =14.5 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.302
Boson Index = 0.698
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEMercury =1,774.45 barns/electron
U=PEMercury x relectron=20508.93 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Mercury is Not Radioactive

 

Mercury Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.1.7.1 (1)Native Elements
  (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
  (1.1.7)Dana Group
 
1.1.7.1 Mercury Hg R 3m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: 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
 
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
 

Other Mercury Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Mercury :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Applied Mineralogy 4 - Applied Mineralogy 5 -Athena 6 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 7 -Google Images 8 -Google Scholar 9 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 -MinDAT 11 -MinMax(Deutsch) 12 -MinMax(English) 13 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 14 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 15 - Philatelic Mineralogy 16 -QUT Mineral Atlas 17 - Scandinavian mineral gallery 18 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Mercury

Hg
Dana No: 1.1.7.1 Strunz No: I/A.02-10
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