1.AD.10

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
D : Mercury-amalgam family

Dana 7th ed.:

1.1.13.1

Dana 8th ed.:

1.1.9.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group

Hey's CIM Ref.:

1.13

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Physical Properties of KolymiteHide

Hardness:

4 on Mohs scale

Optical Data of KolymiteHide

Type:

Isotropic

Chemical Properties of KolymiteHide

Formula:

Cu₇Hg₆

Elements listed:

Cu, Hg - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of KolymiteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Cell Parameters:

a = 9.41 Å

Unit Cell V:

833.24 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Type Occurrence of KolymiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Krokhalinoye dyke, Arik-Revkom zone, Kolyma River Basin, Magadanskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Synonyms of KolymiteHide

IMA1979-046

Other Language Names for KolymiteHide

German:Kolymit

Simplified Chinese:科汞铜矿
汞铜矿

Spanish:Kolymita

Traditional Chinese:科汞銅礦
汞銅礦

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

1.AD.	Aurihydrargyrumite	Au₆Hg₅	Hex.
1.AD.05	Mercury	Hg	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.AD.10	Belendorffite	Cu₇Hg₆	Trig.
1.AD.15c	Eugenite	Ag₁₁Hg₂	Iso.
1.AD.15b	Luanheite	Ag₃Hg	Hex.
1.AD.15d	Moschellandsbergite	Ag₂Hg₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
1.AD.15a	Paraschachnerite	Ag₃Hg₂	Orth.
1.AD.15a	Schachnerite	Ag_1.1Hg_0.9	Hex.
1.AD.20a	Weishanite	(Au,Ag)₃Hg₂	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.AD.20b	Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)	(Au,Ag)Hg	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Im3m
1.AD.25	Potarite	PdHg	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm
1.AD.30	Leadamalgam	Pb_0.7Hg_0.3	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm

Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide

1.1.9.2

Belendorffite

Cu₇Hg₆

Trig.

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping Hide

1.1	Copper	Cu	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.2	Silver	Ag	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.5	Gold	Au	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.6	Auricupride	Cu₃Au	Orth.
1.7	Tetra-auricupride	AuCu	Tet.
1.8	Zinc	Zn	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.9	Cadmium	Cd	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.10	Danbaite	CuZn₂	Iso.
1.11	Zhanghengite	CuZn	Iso.
1.12	Mercury	Hg	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.14	Moschellandsbergite	Ag₂Hg₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
1.15	Eugenite	Ag₁₁Hg₂	Iso.
1.16	Schachnerite	Ag_1.1Hg_0.9	Hex.
1.17	Paraschachnerite	Ag₃Hg₂	Orth.
1.18	Luanheite	Ag₃Hg	Hex.
1.19	Weishanite	(Au,Ag)₃Hg₂	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.20	Indium	In	Tet.
1.21	Aluminium	Al	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.22	Khatyrkite	(Cu,Zn)Al₂	Tet.
1.23	Cupalite	(Cu,Zn)Al	Orth.
1.24	Diamond	C	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
1.25	Graphite	C	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
1.26	Chaoite	C	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mmm
1.27	Lonsdaleite	C	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.28	Silicon	Si
1.29	Tin	Sn	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
1.30	Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.31	Anyuiite	AuPb₂	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mcm
1.31	Novodneprite	AuPb₃	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
1.32	Leadamalgam	Pb_0.7Hg_0.3	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
1.33	Arsenic	As	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.34	Arsenolamprite	As	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
1.35	Paxite	CuAs₂	Mon.
1.36	Koutekite	Cu₅As₂	Hex.
1.37	Domeykite	Cu₃As	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
1.38	Algodonite	(Cu_1-xAs_x)	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.39	Novákite	Cu₂₀AgAs₁₀	Mon.
1.40	Kutinaite	Ag₆Cu₁₄As₇	Iso.
1.41	Antimony	Sb	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.42	Stibarsen	AsSb	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.43	Paradocrasite	Sb₃As	Mon. 2 : B2
1.44	Horsfordite	Cu, Sb
1.45	Cuprostibite	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
1.46	Allargentum	(Ag_1-xSb_x)	Hex.
1.47	Aurostibite	AuSb₂	Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3
1.48	Dyscrasite	Ag₃Sb	Orth. mm2 : Pmm2
1.49	Bismuth	Bi	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
1.50	Maldonite	Au₂Bi	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
1.51	Sulphur	S₈	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Fddd
1.52	Rosickýite	S	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
1.53	Selenium	Se	Trig. 3 2 : P3₁ 2 1
1.54	Tellurium	Te	Hex.
1.55	Chromium	Cr	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Im3m
1.56	Rhenium	Re	Hex.
1.57	Iron	Fe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Im3m
1.58	Chromferide	Fe₃Cr_1-x (x=0.6)	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
1.59	Ferchromide	Cr₃Fe_1-x	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
1.60	Wairauite	CoFe
1.61	Nickel	Ni	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.62	Kamacite	(Fe,Ni)	Iso.
1.63	Taenite	(Fe,Ni)	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.64	Tetrataenite	FeNi	Tet.
1.65	Awaruite	Ni₃Fe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.66	Palladium	(Pd,Pt)
1.67	Potarite	PdHg	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm
1.68	Paolovite	Pd₂Sn	Orth.
1.69	Stannopalladinite	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn₂	Hex.
1.70	Cabriite	Pd₂CuSn	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmmm
1.71	Taimyrite	(Pd,Cu,Pt)₃Sn	Orth.
1.72	Atokite	(Pd,Pt)₃Sn	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.73	Rustenburgite	(Pt,Pd)₃Sn
1.74	Zvyagintsevite	Pd₃Pb	Iso.
1.75	Plumbopalladinite	Pd₃Pb₂	Hex.
1.76	Osmium	(Os,Ir,Ru)	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
1.77	Iridium	(Ir,Os,Ru)	Iso.
1.82	Platinum	Pt	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
1.83	Hongshiite	PtCu	Trig.
1.84	Niggliite	PtSn	Hex.
1.85	Isoferroplatinum	Pt₃Fe	Iso.
1.86	Tetraferroplatinum	PtFe	Tet.
1.87	Tulameenite	Pt₂CuFe	Tet.
1.88	Ferronickelplatinum	Pt₂FeNi	Tet.
1.89	Rhodium	(Rh,Pt)	Iso.

Other InformationHide

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References for KolymiteHide

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American Mineralogist (1981): 66: 218.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 109(2): 206-211.

European Journal of Mineralogy (1989): 1: 719.

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Chile
Atacama Region Copiapó Province Pabellón ⓘ Marcelita prospect	British Museum online catalogue 2007

Hungary
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co. Rudabányai Mts Rudabánya ⓘ Andrássy I. Mine ?	Kupi, L., Szakáll, S., Zajzon, N., Kristály, F. & Fehér, B. (2010): Copper-amalgams from the Rudabánya base metal mineralization, NE Hungary. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 430.
ⓘ Andrássy III. Mine	Zajzon, N., Szentpéteri, K., Fehér, B., Szakáll, S., Kupi, L., & Barkóczy, P. (2012). New data on Cuamalgams, kolymite and belendorffite from Rudabánya, Hungary. In Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series (Vol. 7, p. 160).

Mexico	Cipriani, C., & Mazzetti, G. (1989). Kolymite (copper amalgam); report of second and third occurrences. European Journal of Mineralogy, 1(5), 719-720.


Poland
Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie) ⓘ Legnica	Piestrzyński, A. (Main Ed.), Zaleska-Kuczmierczyk, M., Jasiński, A.W., Kotarski, J., Maślanka, W., Siewierski, S., Speczik, S., Śmieszek, Z. (1996): Monografia KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Lubin., 1204 pp.

Russia (TL)
Far-Eastern Region Magadanskaya Oblast' Kolyma River Basin Arik-Revkom zone ⓘ Krokhalinoye dyke (TL)	Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow

USA
Nevada Storey Co. Comstock District Virginia City Comstock Lode ⓘ Consolidated Virginia Mine (Con Virginia Mine)	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 903-914.
ⓘ Gould & Curry Mine	Cipriani, C., & Mazzetti, G. (1989). Kolymite (copper amalgam); report of second and third occurrences. European Journal of Mineralogy, 1(5), 719-720.

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