Guadalcazarite

Where it forms, where it's found

1recorded occurrences

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Safety & handling

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
80HgMercury Mercury 1 200.592 200.592
67.30%
30ZnZinc Zinc 1 65.380 65.380
21.94%
16SSulfur Sulfur 1 32.060 32.060
10.76%
Total 298.032 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From Mindat formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
80HgMercury	Mercury	1	200.592	200.592	67.30%
30ZnZinc	Zinc	1	65.380	65.380	21.94%
16SSulfur	Sulfur	1	32.060	32.060	10.76%
	Total	298.032	100.00%

Literature, links & citation

Citations

2002Okamoto, H. (2002) Hg-Zn (Mercury-Zinc). Journal of Phase Equilibria, 23 (2). 196 doi:10.1361/1054971023604008DOI: 10.1361/1054971023604008
2026Sandalov, Fedor D.; Rassomakhin, Mikhail A.; Vlasenko, Natalia S.; Britvin, Sergey N.; Artemyev, Dmitry A.; Stepanov, Sergey Yu.; Belogub, Elena V. (2026) Toward the continuous series of HgS-ZnS solid solutions: Zn-rich metacinnabar assemblages in the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, Northern Urals, Russia. American Mineralogist, 111 (3). 431-445 doi:10.2138/am-2025-9783DOI: 10.2138/am-2025-9783

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Guadalcazarite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/guadalcazarite-27365},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}