Formula
(repeating unit) silver amalgam, Ag2Hg3 Crystal system Isometric | Strunz classification 1.AD.15d Space group I23 | |
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Category Metals and intermetallic alloys Crystal class Tetartoidal (23)
(same H-M symbol) | ||
Moschellandsbergite is a rare isometric mineral made up of a silver-white amalgam of mercury and silver with the chemical makeup Ag2Hg3.
It was first described in 1938 and named after Moschellandsberg Mountain near Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is considered a low-temperature hydrothermal mineral which occurs with metacinnabar, cinnabar, mercurian silver, tetrahedrite–tennantite, pyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite.
References
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