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Formula: HgPb2
Alloy of mercury and lead
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Specific gravity: 11.96 calculated
Hardness: 1½
Colour: Grey-white
Solubility: Not soluble in hydrochloric, sulphuric or nitric acid
Environments
Plutonic igneous environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
At the type locality, the Xiaonanshan Cu-Ni-(Pt-Pd) deposit, Wuchuan County, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, China, only one
grain (50 x 39 x 32 microns3) of leadamalgam has been found in the heavy concentrates of crushed ores
from the platinum-bearing
copper-nickel-sulphide deposit.
The ore minerals present are chromite,
ilmenite, magnetite,
gersdorffite, pyrite,
chalcopyrite, violarite,
millerite, galena,
stibnite, electrum,
niggliite, sperrylite,
iridosmine, platinum,
merenskyite and kotulskite
(AM 70.216).
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