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Mercury
Mercury
Chemical
Formula
Hg
Species
Native Elements
Crystal
System
Trigonal
Color
Tin white
Streak
Could not be powdered
Luster
Metallic
Diaphaneity
Opaque
Fracture
None observed
Crystal Habit:liquid globules or spheres
Geological Setting:In low temperature hydrothermal deposits associated with hot springs.
Mercury commonly refers to:

  • Mercury (planet)
  • Mercury (element)
  • Mercury (mythology), a Roman god

Mercury may also refer to:

Geography

  • Mercury Bay, New Zealand
  • Mercury Islands, New Zealand
  • Mercury Boulevard, in the cities of Hampton and Newport News, Virginia, United States

Populated places

  • Mercury, Alabama, United States
  • Mercury, Nevada, United States
  • Mercury, Texas, United States
  • Mercury, Savoie, France

Transportation

  • Mercury (automobile), produced by the Ford Motor Company
  • Mercury (cyclecar), made in 1914
  • Mercury (train), run by the New York Central Railroad during 1936-1958
  • Bristol Mercury, an airplane engine
  • Blackburn Mercury, British airplane made in 1911
  • E-6 Mercury, a United States military aircraft
  • Miles Mercury, a British aircraft designed during the Second World War
  • MV Celebrity Mercury, a cruise ship built in 1997
  • Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program of the United States
  • HMS Mercury, any of several ships of the Royal Navy
  • USS Mercury, any of several ships of the United States Navy
  • Mercury (brig), a Russian warship
  • Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine internal-combustion engines
  • Mercury, callsign for Shuttle America, a regional airline in the U.S.

Music

  • Mercury (Longview album)
  • Mercury (American Music Club album)
  • Mercury (Madder Mortem album)
  • "Mercury" (song), by Bloc Party
  • Mercury Records, a record label
  • Mercury Prize, an annual United Kingdom music prize
  • "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from Failer
  • "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from Recovering the Satellites
  • "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets
  • Project Mercury (album), a split album by Rosetta and Balboa
  • "Thin Wild Mercury", a song by Todd Snider from the album The Devil You Know

Film and television

  • Mercury (film), a film in development about Freddie Mercury

Comics

  • Mercury (Marvel Comics), a character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance
  • Mercury (Amalgam Comics), a combination of the characters Impulse and Quicksilver
  • Makkari (comics), a Marvel Comics character formerly known as Mercury
  • Mercury, a member of the Metal Men, a DC comics team
  • Mercury, a member of Cerebro's X-Men
  • Sailor Mercury, a character from Sailor Moon

Computing

  • Mercury Interactive, software testing tools vendor
  • Mercury Computer Systems, an embedded, digital signal and image processing solutions vendor
  • Mercury (programming language)
  • Mercury OS, a real-time operating system
  • Ferranti Mercury, an early 1950s commercial computer
  • Mercury Mail Transport System, a mail server
  • Project Mercury, a codename for handheld game console Sega Game Gear

Sports

  • Edmonton Mercurys, a 1940s and 50s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada
  • Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States
  • Toledo Mercurys, a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States

Media

Magazine

  • Mercury (magazine), an astronomy magazine

Newspapers

  • Mercury (Newport), a newspaper in Rhode Island
  • Mercury (Pennsylvania)
  • Clevedon Mercury, a weekly free newspaper in England
  • Guelph Mercury, a Canadian newspaper
  • Illawarra Mercury, a daily newspaper in Australia
  • Leeds Mercury, a defunct daily newspaper in the City of Leeds
  • Leicester Mercury, a United Kingdom regional newspaper
  • London Mercury, a list of periodicals named London Mercury published in London
  • Maitland Mercury, an Australian newspaper
  • Matlock Mercury, a United Kingdom newspaper
  • Mercury News, a newspaper in San Jose, CA
  • Quebec Mercury, a defunct 19th Century weekly newspaper published in Quebec City, Canada
  • Rheinischer Merkur, a newspaper from Bonn, Germany
  • Sherborne Mercury, a defunct newspaper from Dorset United Kingdom
  • St Arnaud Mercury, a newspaper in Victoria, Australia
  • Staffordshire Mercury, a newspaper that was published in Staffordshire, England
  • Sunday Mercury, a newspaper in Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Sunday Mercury (New York), a 19th century weekly newspaper
  • The Mercury (Hobart), a newspaper in Hobart, Australia
  • The Mercury (South Africa), an English language newspaper published in Durban, South Africa
  • The Portland Mercury, an alternative weekly newspaper published in Oregon, United States
  • The Somerset Mercury, a regional newspaper in Somerset, England
  • The Weston & Somerset Mercury, a weekly paid-for newspaper in Somerset, England
  • Rutland And Stamford Mercury, a weekly paid-for newspaper in England

Radio stations

  • Mercury FM, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
  • Hertfordshire's Mercury 96.6, an independent local radio station in England

Other uses

  • Mercury (astrology), the astrological use of the planet
  • Mercury (cipher machine), a British cipher machine from the 1950s
  • Mercury (novel), by Ben Bova
  • Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus Mercurialis
  • Mercury (satellite), any of three United States satellites
  • Mercury (TV series), an Australian series launched in 1996
  • The Mercury Award, an international airline award for in-flight catering
  • Mercury battery
  • Mercury Communications, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s
  • Mercury dime, a United States dime minted from 1916 through 1945
  • Mercury Insurance Group, an American property insurance company
  • Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II
  • Archer Maclean's Mercury, a puzzle game for the PlayStation Portable

People with the name

  • Daniela Mercury (born 1965), Brazilian singer
  • Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), singer of the rock group Queen
  • Joey Mercury (born 1979) or Adam Birch, professional wrestler
  • Mercury Hayes (born 1973), former professional American football wide receiver
  • Mercury Morris (born 1947), former American football player