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Mercury

Year of discovery: Prehistoric (World), 1891 (Japan)

Locality list: 57 localities of mercury

• Hg

• Class: Native elements
• Insoluble in: HCl
• Magnetism: Diamagnetic
• Phase transition: Transit to vapor at room temperature.

• Hg₅ => Au₃Hg₂: Weishanite

• Hg₁₁ => Au₆Hg₅: Aurihydrargyrumite

• Color: Silver white
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Habit: Liquid, rhombohedra below -38.9 degree Celsius

• Density: 13.6

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3)m, R(-3)m
• Lattice: a=3.5, c=6.7

Etymology: Mercurius, a God in Roman myth

Synonym: Native Mercury