Gold Amalgam
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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About Gold Amalgam
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This page provides mineralogical data about Gold Amalgam.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
27328
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:27328:6
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
f86ed5ed-f279-4f4e-af95-bd643b28e4cc
Pronunciation of Gold Amalgam
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Play | Recorded by | Country |
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Jolyon Ralph | United Kingdom |
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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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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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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Localities for Gold Amalgam
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
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ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence.
? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| [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. (střední Čechy) |
France | |
| P. Devismes : "Atlas photographique des ... |
Germany | |
| Harald G. Dill et al. (2009) |
Dill et al. (2021) | |
| Belendorff (2021) |
Philippines | |
| [Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)] Shaofeng Huang (2011) |
Russia | |
| Bestemianova et al. (2017, December) |
| Molchanov et al. (2011) |
| Gerasimov (2020, December) |
| Seltmann et al. (2010) |
| Redin et al. (2015) |
Sweden | |
| Nysten (1986) +1 other reference |
Denis Martin Schlatter (2007) | |
Mäki (1997) | |
Switzerland | |
| [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.)] Alfredo Petrov collection +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