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Calomel

Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride). It was used as a medicine from the 16th to early 20th century, despite frequently causing mercury poisoning in patients.

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Birefringence
δ = 0.683
Category
Halide mineral
Cleavage
Good on {110}, uneven to imperfect on {011}
Color
Colorless, white, grayish, yellowish white, yellowish grey to ash-grey, brown
Crystal class
Ditetragonal dipyramidal 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) -
Crystal habit
Crystals commonly tabular to prismatic, equant pyramidal; common as drusy crusts, earthy, massive.

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Calomel

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples77
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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Calomel

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related to history · 17
Calomel → As, Benjamin Rush, By, During, It, Mayerne, Only, Oswald Croll, Persia, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, Rhazes, Samuel Cartwright, The, This, Théodore, Tyroncium Chemicum, Western
related to Chemical properties · 14
Calomel → Depending, European, Hg2Cl2, It, Mercury, Most, Once, Oral, Powdered, Some, South Americas, Taken, This, When
related to Discontinuation · 7
Calomel → American South, American West, Army, By, In, Surgeon General, The
related to Medicine · 5
Calomel → American Civil War, Neither, The, There, Victorian
related to Uses · 5
Calomel → As, Babies, During, It, They
has effect · 4
Calomel → Benjamin Rush, It, Some, This
related to Electrochemistry · 2
Calomel → In, This
Birefringence · 1
Calomel → δ = 0.683
Category · 1
Calomel → Halide mineral
Cleavage · 1
Calomel → Good on {110}, uneven to imperfect on {011}

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mercury used century doses form effects sublimation mineral patients formula medicine system high first medical taken physicians often early chloride

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CalomelBirefringenceδ = 0.6831.00infobox
CalomelCategoryHalide mineral1.00infobox
CalomelCleavageGood on {110}, uneven to imperfect on {011}1.00infobox
CalomelColorColorless, white, grayish, yellowish white, yellowish grey to ash-grey, brown1.00infobox
CalomelCrystal classDitetragonal dipyramidal 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) -1.00infobox
CalomelCrystal habitCrystals commonly tabular to prismatic, equant pyramidal; common as drusy crusts, earthy, massive.1.00infobox
CalomelCrystal systemTetragonal1.00infobox
CalomelDiaphaneityTransparent to translucent1.00infobox
CalomelFormula(Hg2)2+Cl21.00infobox
CalomelFractureConchoidal1.00infobox
CalomelIMA symbolClo1.00infobox
CalomelLusterAdamantine1.00infobox
CalomelMohs scale hardness1.51.00infobox
CalomelOptical propertiesUniaxial (+); very high relief1.00infobox
CalomelPleochroismWeak, E > O1.00infobox
CalomelRefractive indexnω = 1.973 nε = 2.6561.00infobox
CalomelSpecific gravity7.51.00infobox
CalomelStrunz classification3.AA.301.00infobox
CalomelTenacitySectile1.00infobox
CalomelTwinningContact and penetration twins on {112}1.00infobox
CalomelUltraviolet fluorescenceBrick-red under UV1.00infobox
CalomelUnit cella = 4.4795(5) Å, c = 10.9054(9) Å; Z=41.00infobox
Calomelis amercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl20.90text

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