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词条 Coccinite
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  1. Discovery

  2. References

  3. External links

{{infobox mineral
| name = Coccinite
| image = Coccinite.jpg
| imagesize = 260px
| alt =
| caption = Coccinite, from Backofen Mine, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
| category = Halide mineral
| formula = HgI2
| strunz = 3.AB.10
| dana =
| system = Tetragonal
| class = Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
| symmetry = P42/nmc
| unit cell = a = 4.376 Å, c = 12.41 Å, Z = 2
| colour = Orange-red
| habit =
| twinning =
| cleavage = Good on {001}
| fracture =
| tenacity =
| mohs = 2
| luster =
| streak = Orange
| diaphaneity = Translucent
| gravity = 3.17 (calculated)
| density =
| polish =
| opticalprop = Uniaxial (-)
| refractive = 2.684 (avg)
| birefringence = 0.193
| pleochroism =
| 2V =
| dispersion =
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| other = Volatile at room temperature, toxic
| references = [1][2][3]
}}Coccinite is a rare mercury iodide mineral with chemical formula of HgI2, mercury(II) iodide.[4][5]

in addition to its discovery locality of Casas Viejas, Mexico, it has also been reported from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and from a uranium mine in Thuringia and old mercury workings in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.[1] At the Thuringia deposit the mineral occurs as a sublimation product resulting from fires associated with pyrite bearing, graptolitic slate.[5]

Discovery

The discovery was announced by del Rio in the journal of the Mexico city School of Mining. The news spread by reading that journal and a direct letters of del Rio. In the subsequent years several times the discovery was mentioned.

One of the earliest notes of the discovery is a translation of a letter of del Rio to Freiesleben.{{cn|date=January 2014}}

In 1839 it was described as lemon coloured spots in the sandstone of Casas Vijecas.[6] This description was also given in a Spanish book printed in 1844.[7] In 1836 a short paper was published in Comptes rendus which was the communication of Yniestra to Arago about a discovery of del Rio. In this publication the mineral sample was deposited at the school of mines by a Mr. Jose Casas Viejas from the Querétaro province and that the mineral had a red brown colour.[8] In 1861 the book A glossary of mineralogy by Henry William Bristow states that it has been found in Casas Viejas in Mexico as reddish brown particles on mercury selenide.[9] Shortly after in 1862 a book about chemical technology gives the only location where the mineral can be found with a Mexican region Cavas Viejas.[10]

References

1. ^Coccinite on Mindat.org
2. ^Coccinite data on Webmin
3. ^Coccinite on Mineral Atlas
4. ^{{cite journal | first = T. | last = Witzke | year =1997 | title = New data on the mercury iodide mineral coccinite, HgI2 | journal = Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte | pages = 505–510}}
5. ^{{cite journal | first1 = John| last1 = Jambor | first2 = Nicolai | last2 = Pertsev | first3 = Andrew | last3 = Roberts | url = http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/ammin/TOC/Abstracts/1998_Abstracts/JA98_Abstracts/Jambor_p907_98.pdf | journal = American Mineralogist | volume =83 | pages = 907–910 | year = 1998 | title = New Mineral Names}}
6. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ehLnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=Casa+Viejas+mercury&q=Casas%20Viejas | title = The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | year = 1839 | author1 = Britain) | first1 = Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great}}
7. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GaQGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA282&dq=ioduro+de+mercurio+%22del+rio%22&q=ioduro%20de%20mercurio%20%22del%20rio%22 | title = Tratado de ensayes, tanto por la via seca como por la via humeda, de toda clase de minerales y pastas de cobre, plomo, plata, oro, mercurio, &c: con descripcion de los caracteres de los principales minerales y productos de las artes en America, y en particular en Chile | author1 = Domeyko, Ignacio | year = 1844}}
8. ^{{cite journal | url = http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2962t.image.hl.r=del+Rio.f486.pagination.langEN| year = 1836 | pages = 582–583 | title = Une nouvelle combinaison naturelle de l'iode | journal = Comptes rendus}}
9. ^{{cite book | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=WA0RAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA90&dq=Coccinite&q=Casas%20Viejas | title =A glossary of mineralogy | author1 =Bristow, Henry William | year =1861}}
10. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mmw1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA558&dq=%22Cavas+Viejas%22+mercury&q=%22Cavas%20Viejas%22%20mercury | title = Chemical technology; or, Chemistry in its applications to the arts & manufactures | author1 = Richardson, Thomas | year = 1863}}
  • del Rio

External links

  • Image of Coccinite by T. Witzke

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