Gold Amalgam

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Weishanite

Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

Gold Amalgam

Anna adit, Mühlbach am Hochkönig, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria

Weishanite, etc.

Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

Weishanite

Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

Gold Amalgam

Anna adit, Mühlbach am Hochkönig, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria

Weishanite, etc.

Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

Weishanite

Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA

Gold Amalgam

Anna adit, Mühlbach am Hochkönig, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria

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About Gold AmalgamHide

Synonym of:

'Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)', 'Unnamed (Au-Hg Amalgam)', Weishanite, 'Yiyangite'

This page provides mineralogical data about Gold Amalgam.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

27328

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:27328:6

Similar NamesHide

Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)

(Au,Ag)Hg

Pronunciation of Gold AmalgamHide

Pronunciation:

Play	Recorded by	Country
	Jolyon Ralph	United Kingdom

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014132	Weishanite	Rolfe C, Hume-Rothery W (1967) The constitution of alloys of gold and mercury Journal of the Less-Common Metals 13 1-10		1967		0	293

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Weishanite'
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_publ_author_name
'Rolfe C'
'Hume-Rothery W'
_journal_name_full 'Journal of the Less-Common Metals'
_journal_volume 13 
_journal_year 1967
_journal_page_first 1
_journal_page_last 10
_publ_section_title
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 The constitution of alloys of gold and mercury
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_database_code_amcsd 0014132
_chemical_formula_sum '(Au.75 Hg.25)'
_cell_length_a 2.9180
_cell_length_b 2.9180
_cell_length_c 4.8113
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 35.478
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn     18.523
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63/m m c'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
Au   0.33333   0.66667   0.25000   0.75000
Hg   0.33333   0.66667   0.25000   0.25000

Synonyms of Gold AmalgamHide

Colombianite (of Gagarin and Cuomo)

Mercurygold

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Gold Amalgam associated with Native Gold	Au
1 photo of Gold Amalgam associated with Uraninite	UO₂
1 photo of Gold Amalgam associated with Cinnabar	HgS
1 photo of Gold Amalgam associated with Quartz	SiO₂