General Information:
Chemical Formula:Hg3(SO4)O2
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 729.83 gm)Mercury 82.45 %
HgSulfur 4.39 %
S Oxygen 13.15 %
O Empirical Formula: Hg3(SO4)O2
Environment:Formed either by the oxidation of cinnaber ore exposed to sunlight, or in the bricks and remains of old mercury furnaces and condensers.
IMA Status:Approved IMA 1959
Locality:TL: Silver Cloud mine, Ivanho district, N of Battle Mountain, Nevada. Sulfur Bank mine, end of east arm of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Lake Co. California.
Name Origin:Named for Curt Nicolaus Schuette (1895-1975), American mining engineer and geologist, specialist in mercury deposits.
Physical Properties: Color:bright canary yellow, yellow, or orange.
Density:8.18
Habits:Thin - Flat dimensioned crystals., Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.,
Hardness:3 - Calcite
Streak:yellow
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