- Moschellandsbergite
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Moschellandsbergite 
General Category Metals and intermetallic alloys Chemical formula silver amalgam, Ag2Hg3 Strunz classification 01.AD.15d Crystal symmetry Isometric Unit cell a = 10.04 Å, Z=10 Identification Color white, tarnishes grey Cleavage brittle Mohs scale hardness 3.5 Luster metallic Specific gravity 13.48 References [1][2][3] 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.[4][2] It is considered a low-temperature hydrothermal mineral which occurs with metacinnabar, cinnabar, mercurian silver, tetrahedrite–tennantite, pyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite.[1]
References
- ^ a b Mineral Handbook
- ^ a b Mindat
- ^ Webmineral
- ^ American Geological Institute (1997). Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms. Alexandria, Virginia: Birkhäuser. pp. 356. ISBN 0-922152-36-5.
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