Mineral Species sorted by the element Hg Mercury (original) (raw)
Mercury (Hg) Element Properties
Atomic Mass | 200.59 |
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Atomic Number | 80 |
Name Origins | Planet Mercury; Latin, hydragyrum = 'liquid silver." |
Year Discovered | Prehistoric. |
Discovery Credits | Known to ancient civilizations. |
Remarks | Liquid silvery metal. Stable in air and water, unreactive to acids (except conc nitric) and alkalis. Used in chlorine and NaOH manufacture, street lights, fungicides, electrical apparatus, etc.Diagnostic tests: In a closed tube, a sublimate of metallic mercury or black HgS is yielded when the mineral is heated with dry soda (Na2CO3). In solution, mercury (Hg1+), along with lead and silver form white, insoluble chlorides from aqueous solutions. |
References | Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p. |
See Also | WebElements,ChemiCool |
Naturally Occurring Isotopes
Symbol | Isotope Mass | Isotope Nuclide Number | Isotope Number | Natural Abundance | Half-life | Half-life Units | Decay Mode | Decay Mode MeV | Decay Mode % |
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Hg | 195.965807 | 196 | 80 | 0.1500% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 197.966743 | 198 | 80 | 10.1000% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 198.968254 | 199 | 80 | 17.0000% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 199.9683 | 200 | 80 | 23.1000% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 200.970277 | 201 | 80 | 13.2000% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 201.970617 | 202 | 80 | 26.6500% | Stable | ||||
Hg | 203.973467 | 204 | 80 | 6.8500% | Stable |
Mineral Species sorted by the element Hg (Mercury )
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%Hg | Mineral Name | Chemical Formula | MW |
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100.00%Hg | Mercury | Hg | 200.59 |
92.75%Hg | Hanawaltite | Hg+6Hg++[Cl,(OH)]2O3 | 1,513.81 |
92.61%Hg | Montroydite | HgO | 216.59 |
92.12%Hg | Poyarkovite | Hg3ClO | 653.22 |
89.62%Hg | Eglestonite | Hg6Cl3O(OH)(?) | 1,342.90 |
88.63%Hg | Terlinguaite | Hg+Hg++ClO | 452.63 |
88.14%Hg | Pinchite | Hg++5O4Cl2 | 1,137.85 |
87.74%Hg | Edgarbaileyite | Hg+6Si2O7 | 1,371.71 |
86.72%Hg | Kelyanite | (Hg+2)6(SbO6)BrCl2 | 2,775.64 |
86.61%Hg | Gianellaite | Hg4(SO4)N2 | 926.44 |
86.36%Hg | Vasilyevite ! | (Hg2)++10O6I3Cl(CO3) | 4,836.00 |
86.22%Hg | Cinnabar | HgS | 232.66 |
86.22%Hg | Hypercinnabar | HgS | 232.66 |
86.22%Hg | Metacinnabar | HgS | 232.66 |
84.98%Hg | Calomel | Hg2Cl2 | 472.09 |
84.77%Hg | Terlinguacreekite ! | Hg++3O2Cl2 | 709.92 |
84.67%Hg | Comancheite | Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 | 3,079.74 |
84.51%Hg | Kleinite | Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O) | 474.72 |
84.19%Hg | Peterbaylissite | Hg+3(CO3)(OH)•2(H2O) | 714.82 |
83.93%Hg | Kadyrelite | Hg4(Br,Cl)2O | 955.94 |
83.72%Hg | Clearcreekite ! | Hg+3(CO3)(OH)•2(H2O) | 694.86 |
83.64%Hg | Deanesmithite | Hg+2Hg++3Cr++++++O5S2 | 1,199.08 |
82.45%Hg | Schuetteite | Hg3(SO4)O2 | 729.83 |
81.67%Hg | Corderoite | Hg3S2Cl2 | 736.81 |
81.67%Hg | Kenhsuite ! | Hg3S2Cl2 | 736.81 |
80.29%Hg | Tedhadleyite ! | Hg++Hg+10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2 | 2,698.11 |
79.96%Hg | Mosesite | Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)•(H2O) | 501.74 |
79.28%Hg | Lavrentievite | Hg3S2(Cl,Br)2 | 759.03 |
78.42%Hg | Shakhovite | Hg+4Sb+++++O3(OH)3 | 1,023.13 |
78.29%Hg | Artsmithite ! | Hg+4Al(PO4)1.74(OH)1.78 | 1,024.86 |
77.53%Hg | Kuznetsovite ! | Hg3Cl(AsO4) | 776.14 |
76.96%Hg | Edoylerite | Hg++3Cr++++++O4S2 | 781.90 |
74.90%Hg | Arzakite | Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2 | 803.48 |
74.46%Hg | Kuzminite | Hg2(Br,Cl)2 | 538.76 |
74.28%Hg | Chursinite | Hg+Hg++(AsO4) | 540.10 |
74.07%Hg | Aurivilliusite ! | Hg+Hg++OI | 541.59 |
73.61%Hg | Amalgam * | Ag2Hg3 | 817.51 |
73.61%Hg | Moschellandsbergite | Ag2Hg3 | 817.51 |
73.58%Hg | Grechishchevite | Hg3S2(Br,Cl,I)2 | 817.84 |
73.05%Hg | Wattersite | Hg+4Hg++Cr++++++O6 | 549.17 |
73.01%Hg | Belendorffite | Cu7Hg6 | 1,648.36 |
73.01%Hg | Kolymite | Cu7Hg6 | 1,648.36 |
72.65%Hg | Radtkeite | Hg3S2ClI | 828.26 |
72.34%Hg | Szymanskiite | Hg+16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12•3(H2O) | 4,436.34 |
71.75%Hg | Tiemannite | HgSe | 279.55 |
69.56%Hg | Magnolite | Hg+2Te++++O3 | 576.78 |
67.21%Hg | Tvalchrelidzeite | Hg3SbAsS3 | 904.31 |
65.34%Hg | Potarite | PdHg | 307.01 |
61.25%Hg | Moschelite | Hg+2I2 | 654.99 |
61.12%Hg | Coloradoite | HgTe | 328.19 |
60.34%Hg | Schachnerite | Ag1.1Hg0.9 | 299.19 |
55.35%Hg | Paraschachnerite | Ag3Hg2 | 724.78 |
53.45%Hg | Goldamalgam * | (Au,Ag)Hg | 375.28 |
52.94%Hg | Perroudite | Hg5-xAg4+xS5-x(Cl,I,Br)4+x | 1,894.37 |
51.82%Hg | Iltisite ! | HgSAg(Cl,Br) | 387.09 |
50.34%Hg | Capgaronnite | HgAg(Cl,Br,I)S | 398.46 |
44.25%Hg | Donharrisite | Ni8Hg3S9 | 1,359.88 |
44.14%Hg | Coccinite ! | Hg++I2(?) | 454.40 |
43.36%Hg | Weishanite | (Au,Ag)3Hg2 | 925.26 |
42.69%Hg | Gortdrumite | (Cu,Fe)6Hg2S5 | 939.71 |
41.83%Hg | Laffittite | AgHgAsS3 | 479.58 |
41.75%Hg | Imiterite | Ag2HgS2 | 480.46 |
41.31%Hg | Brodtkorbite ! | Cu2HgSe2 | 485.60 |
40.64%Hg | Galkhaite | (Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 | 1,727.48 |
38.27%Hg | Luanheite | Ag3Hg | 524.19 |
38.21%Hg | Polhemusite | (Zn,Hg)S | 131.26 |
36.09%Hg | Aktashite | Cu6Hg3As4S12 | 1,667.52 |
34.91%Hg | Velikite | Cu2HgSnS4 | 574.66 |
34.82%Hg | Christite | TlHgAsS3 | 576.09 |
32.62%Hg | Leadamalgam | HgPb2 | 614.99 |
32.44%Hg | Gruzdevite | Cu6Hg3Sb4S12 | 1,854.84 |
32.37%Hg | Atheneite | (Pd,Hg)3As | 464.81 |
31.11%Hg | Routhierite | TlCu(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S3 | 967.16 |
30.48%Hg | Tillmannsite ! | (Ag3Hg)(V,As)O4 | 645.05 |
29.24%Hg | Eugenite | Ag9Hg2 | 1,371.99 |
28.25%Hg | Bayankhanite ? | Cu6HgS4 | 710.13 |
26.86%Hg | Grumiplucite ! | HgBi2S4 | 746.81 |
26.74%Hg | IMA2007-010 ! | PbHgAs2S6 | 750.03 |
25.18%Hg | Tischendorfite ! | Pd8Hg3Se9 | 2,150.81 |
24.40%Hg | Simonite | TlHgAs3S6 | 822.13 |
22.22%Hg | Temagamite | Pd3HgTe3 | 902.65 |
21.25%Hg | Livingstonite | HgSb4S8 | 944.12 |
20.73%Hg | Vrbaite | Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 | 2,903.50 |
19.44%Hg | Tocornalite | (Ag,Hg)I(?) | 257.95 |
17.97%Hg | Vaughanite | TlHgSb4S7 | 1,116.44 |
16.69%Hg | Petrovicite | PbHgCu3BiSe5 | 1,202.21 |
16.53%Hg | Hakite | (Cu,Hg)3(Sb,As)(Se,S)3 | 606.78 |
13.56%Hg | Mazzettiite ! | Ag3HgPbSbTe5 | 1,493.72 |
13.16%Hg | Danielsite | (Cu,Ag)14HgS8 | 1,524.05 |
12.79%Hg | Balkanite | Cu9Ag5HgS8 | 1,568.37 |
7.93%Hg | Marrucciite ! | Hg3Pb16Sb18S46 | 7,534.96 |
7.22%Hg | Fettelite ! | [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8] | 2,720.84 |
5.27%Hg | Stalderite | TlCu(Zn,Fe,Hg)2As2S6 | 761.31 |
1.76%Hg | Rouxelite ! | Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2 | 10,485.87 |
0.18%Hg | Ungavaite ! | Pd4Sb3 | 790.08 |
(* - Mineral Name Is Not IMA Approved)
(! - New Dana classification added or changed from Danas New Mineralogy)
(? - IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name)
There are 95 minerals with Hg in the Mineralogy Database.
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