Tiny mercury droplets were found in a 15-cm-thick marl layer, evidenced during excavations for a house enlargement at San Quirico. The small cavities containing mercury were lined with thin crusts of calomel.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Calomel

ⓘ Cinnabar

ⓘ Native Mercury

3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calomel

Formula: [Hg₂]²⁺Cl₂

References:

Pantanelli D. (1896) - Rame e mercurio nativo nell'Appennino Emiliano. - Atti Soc. R. Acc. dei Lincei, Rend. delle Sc. Fis. Mat. e Nat., Sr V, 11-14.

ⓘ Cinnabar

Formula: HgS

References:

Mariani & Scaini, 1978. I minerali d'Italia. Rizzoli Ed., Milano

ⓘ Native Mercury

Formula: Hg

References:

De Stefani C. (1895) - Un nuovo giacimento di mercurio in Val Taro - Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., Processi verbali, vol. X, 35.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Mercury	1.AD.05	Hg
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Cinnabar	2.CD.15a	HgS
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘ	Calomel	3.AA.30	[Hg₂]²⁺Cl₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Cinnabar	HgS
Cl	Chlorine
Cl	ⓘ Calomel	[Hg₂]²⁺Cl₂
Hg	Mercury
Hg	ⓘ Calomel	[Hg₂]²⁺Cl₂
Hg	ⓘ Cinnabar	HgS
Hg	ⓘ Native Mercury	Hg

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Apennine OrogenAccretionary Complex

EuropeContinent

Italy

Emilia-Romagna
- Parma Province
  - Taro ValleyValley

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References

De Stefani C. (1895): Un nuovo giacimento di mercurio in Val Taro. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., Processi verbali, 10, 35.

Pantanelli D. (1896): Rame e mercurio nativo nell'Appennino Emiliano. Atti Soc. R. Acc. dei Lincei, Rend. delle Sc. Fis. Mat. e Nat., serie 5, 11-14.

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