Aurivilliusite Mineral Data

General Aurivilliusite Information
Chemical Formula:	Hg+Hg++OI
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 541.59 gm
	Mercury 74.07 % Hg 38.51 % Hg₂O / 39.99 % HgO
	Iodine 22.73 % I 22.73 % I
	- % I -1.43 % -O=I₂
	Bromine 0.15 % Br 0.15 % Br
	- % Br -0.01 % -O=Br₂
	Chlorine 0.07 % Cl 0.07 % Cl
	- % Cl -0.01 % -O=Cl₂
	Oxygen 2.98 % O
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	100.00 % 99.99 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	HgHgO_1.01I_0.97Br_0.01Cl_0.01
Environment:	In a cm-wide quartz vein with other mercury compounds. Related to terlinguaite; new structure type.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)
Locality:	A small prospect pit near the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Karin Aurivillius (1920-1982), chemist-crystallographer at the University of Lund, Sweden, who determined the crystal structure of numerous synthetic Hg compounds.
Synonym:	IMA2002-022