Chlorquicksilver from Nikitovka
Abstract
A.E. Kupfer brought from a well-known mercury deposit pieces of light roasted (and therefore reddened) sandstone, covered with thin crystalline crusts. The crystals are slender-columnar, completely colorless, with adamantine luster and in general strongly resemble chlorquicksilver. However, an on-site analysis, while confirming the presence of chlorine and mercury, yielded an insufficient amount of chlorine, which is why it was assumed that these were not chlorquicksilver but crystals of some other mercury chloride. In these cases, the decisive factor is the standard methods of crystal-chemical analysis which consists of measuring the crystals and determining their proper orientation.
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