Is mercury a mineral

Answer 1

Minerals containing Mercury are solid salts of the metal (e.g. cinnabar, corderoite, livingstonite, vermilion, calomel). The liquid metal must be extracted from these ores by smelting, as it does not exist in the metallic form naturally.

Answer 2

Yes, mercury is a mineral, and in fact, after cinnabar, it is the main ore of mercury. The ancient mercury mines of Spain were said to be so rich that silvery liquid mercury oozed out of the rock when pierced by a pickaxe, and the miners occasionally worked ankle deep in mercury.

Answer 3

Many minerals contain mercury, but cinnabar is the common ore of mercury. It is mercury (II) sulfide, HgS, which is a red mineral. Refer to the related link for information about other minerals containing mercury.

Answer 4

no its not a mineral