Mineral Species sorted by the element Hg Mercury (original) (raw)

Mercury (Hg) Element Properties

Atomic Mass 200.59
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.
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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 %
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
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

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There are 95 minerals with Hg in the Mineralogy Database.