橙汞矿

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| name = 橙汞矿
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| caption = 白色方解石基质中的深红色橙汞矿和橙色钾长石
| category = 氧化物矿物
| formula = HgO
| IMAsymbol = Mtyd
| strunz = 4.AC.15
| dana =
| system = 斜方
| class = 双锥体 (mmm)
H-M记号：(2/m 2/m 2/m)
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| unit cell = a = 5.52 Å, b = 6.6 Å, c = 3.52 Å; Z=4
| color = 深红色、棕红色到棕色
| habit = 长棱柱形，等长，稀有扁平状；条纹状；块状到蠕虫状簇
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| cleavage = {010}完美
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| tenacity = 可切
| mohs = 1.5 - 2
| luster = 半金刚光泽、玻璃光泽
| streak = 黄褐色
| diaphaneity = 透明到半透明
| gravity = 11.23
| polish =
| opticalprop = 双轴 (+)
| refractive = nα = 2.370 nβ = 2.500 nγ = 2.650
| birefringence = δ = 0.280
| pleochroism = 深红橙色至黄褐色（厚部分可见）
| 2V = 广
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橙汞矿（）是氧化汞的矿物形式，化学式为HgO。它是一种稀有的含汞矿物。它首先在德克萨斯州的汞矿床被发现，并以矿床所有者Montroyd Sharp的名字命名。

橙汞矿出现在热液成因的汞矿床中。伴生矿物包括：自然汞、朱砂、黑辰砂、甘汞、褐氯汞矿、黄氯汞矿、黄铵汞矿、氯铵汞矿、edgarbaileyite、石膏、方解石和白云石。

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