General Information:
Chemical Formula:
Hg3ClO
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 653.22 gm)
Mercury 92.12 % Hg
Chlorine 5.43 % Cl
Oxygen 2.45 % O
Empirical Formula:
Hg3ClO
Environment:
Oxidized cinnabar ores.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1981
Locality:
Khaydarkan (Kyrgyzstan) antimony-mercury deposit. Arzak mercury deposit, situated about 12 km northeast of the well-known Terlig-Khaya mercury mine, Pii-Khem district, Tuva Republic, R ussia.
Name Origin:
Named for Vlakimir Erastovich Poyarkov, Russian geologist, well-known investigator of mercury and antimony deposits.
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
None
Color:
dark red, red, or black.
Density:
9.56
Diaphaniety:
Opaque to translucent
Habits:
Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes, ,
Hardness:
2-2.5 - Gypsum-Finger Nail
Luster:
Vitreous - Adamantine
Streak:
red
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