Gold Amalgam
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About Gold Amalgam
This page provides mineralogical data about Gold Amalgam.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
27328
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:27328:6
Similar Names
| Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.) | (Au,Ag)Hg |
Pronunciation of Gold Amalgam
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| Play | Recorded by | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Jolyon Ralph | United Kingdom |
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| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0014132 | Weishanite | Rolfe C, Hume-Rothery W (1967) The constitution of alloys of gold and mercury Journal of the Less-Common Metals 13 1-10 | 1967 | 0 | 293 |
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Synonyms of Gold Amalgam
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References for Gold Amalgam
Localities for Gold Amalgam
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| [Unnamed (Au-Hg Amalgam), Weishanite] Birch et al. (2023) |
Austria | |
| Exel (1993) |
Bolivia | |
| D. Richter (1992) |
Brazil | |
| [Weishanite] extraLapis #2 (1992) |
Canada | |
| Barkov et al. (2009) |
China | |
| [Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)] Keqiao Chen et al. (1981) |
| [Weishanite] Yuheng Li et al. (1984) |
| [Yiyangite] Shuzhang Tian (1989) |
| [Yiyangite] Enkui Cao (1991) |
Czech Republic | |
| Litochleb et al. (2011) |
France | |
| Devismes (1978) |
Germany | |
| Dill et al. (2009) |
| Dill et al. (2021) | |
| Belendorff (2021) |
Philippines | |
| [Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.), Unnamed (Au-Hg Amalgam)] Huang (2011) |
Russia | |
| Bestemianova et al. (2017, December) |
| Yurichev et al. (2017) |
| Volkov et al. (2015) |
| Molchanov et al. (2011) |
| Gerasimov (2020, December) |
| Seltmann et al. (2010) |
| [Weishanite] Kuzhuget et al. (2025) |
| Redin et al. (2015) |
Sweden | |
| Nysten (1986) +1 other reference |
| Schlatter (2007) | |
| Boliden Group | |
Switzerland | |
| [Unnamed (Au-Hg Amalgam), Weishanite] Meisser et al. (2000) |
Tanzania | |
| Pavel M. Kartashov data of 2015 |
USA | |
| AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 135 (1933) |
| Schmitz (1852) +2 other references |
| [Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)] Petrov (n.d.) +1 other reference | |
| Lindgren (1896a) +2 other references |
| Eckel et al. (1997) |
| [Weishanite] EDS analysed by J.Desor 2016_11_28 +1 other reference |
| Eckel et al. (1997) |
Uzbekistan | |
| Pekov (1998) |
Keystone Mine, Magnolia Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA