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Mindat Short Description

Mercury is officially classed as a mineral species for historical reasons, and also because it is distinctive in its chemical and physical properties. However, because it occurs as a liquid, it does not satisfy the normal criteria to be a valid mineral...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Hg

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Hg

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