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Kuzminite Mineral Data
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General Kuzminite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Hg2(Br,Cl)2 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 538.76 gm |
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Mercury 74.46 % Hg 77.43 % Hg2O |
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Bromine 22.25 % Br 22.25 % Br |
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Br -2.23 % -O=Br2 |
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Chlorine 3.29 % Cl 3.29 % Cl |
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Cl -0.74 % -O=Cl2 |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Hg2Br1.5Cl0.5 |
| Environment: |
Vugs in mercury sulfides, in calcite veins in a mercury ore deposit. Forms a series with calomel. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1986 |
| Locality: |
Kadyrel mercury deposit, Pii-Khem district, Tuva, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuzmin (1891-1980), Russian mineralogist of the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute, Tomsk, Russia. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Kuzminite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 23721 |
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PDF 40514 |
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