Moschellandsbergite
Mineral Ag2Hg3
Also called Silver amalgam
Take care.
- Contains mercury: Wash your hands after handling it, and never heat it: the fumes are poisonous.
About it
Silver-white, very heavy mercury-silver alloy, the crystallized 'silver amalgam' of old collections. Named for Moschellandsberg in the Palatinate, Germany, its classic locality.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Native element (alloy)
- Formula
- Ag2Hg3
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3.5
- Specific gravity
- 13.4–13.7
- Streak
- silver white
- Lustre
- metallic
- Crystal system
- Isometric (cubic)
- Colours
- silver white
- Transparency
- opaque
- Cleavage and fracture
- poor; conchoidal fracture, brittle
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.