what is the name of a rare white mineral that consists of mercury and silver?

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a term for a mineral which is mercury and a metal is called amalgam. the most common being the mercury silver mineral, called "amalgam"

Answer 2

A mineral is one substance...

Silver Ag is used in jewelry, tableware, coins, scientific equipment and in photographic processes. Silver tarnishes black with a surface layer of Acanthite, especially when placed in proximity to sulphorous compounds. It is primarily found as a constituent of hydrothermal veins. It is often found associated with copper. Unlike Gold it is soluble in any oxydizing mineral acid.

Mercury Hg 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. It crystallizes at -40 degrees celsius, at which point is forms rhombohedral crystals. It is usually found as small isolated drops associated with cinnabar, but it can also be found as large fluid masses in rock cavities. Mercury is often found, along with cinnabar and other Hg minerals, as a precipitate from hot springs and in volcanic regions. Because of its rarity, it is not often used as an ore of mercury.

Moschellandsbergite is an incredibly rare compound and it has an incredibly long name. It is named for its type locality at Landsberg (formerly known as Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. This locality has produced many specimens of various familiar mercury 'minerals' such as cinnabar, mercury and calomel. It also has produced some rather obscure alloys such as Belendorffite, Cu7Hg6; Paraschachnerite, Ag3Hg2; Schachnerite, Ag1.1Hg0.9 and of course moschellandsbergite.
Alloys such as moschellandsbergite are classified as elements despite the fact, that in chemical reality, they are compounds! Moschellandsbergite like other alloys have metallic bonds that are very similar to the more pure metallic elements and are thus classified in the Native Elements Class.

Answer 3

Moschellandsbergite

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Answer 4

Alchemy has eluded the greatest minds since time began....!

Answer 5

MOSCHELLANDSBERGITE

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MOSCHELLANDSBERGITE