Mercury Mineral Data

Mercury Mineral Data +

General Mercury Information

Chemical Formula:

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 200.59 gm

Mercury 100.00 % Hg

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

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

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Quecksilber

Quicksilver

Mercury Image

Images:

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

Images:

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

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

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

Electron Density:

r_electron=11.6 gm/cc
note: r_Mercury=14.5 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.302
Boson Index = 0.698

Photoelectric:

PE_Mercury=1,774.45 barns/electron
U=PE_Mercury x r_electron=20508.93 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Mercury is Not Radioactive

Mercury Classification

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

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

References:

NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

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Mercury

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