How was liquid mercury discovered?

1. Make sure the room is well ventillated.
2. Use card paper to pick up the larger parts by curving 2 pieces and put that in a glass jar.
3. Use a pipette to collect small beads of mercury. (you can use a flashlight for better vision)
4. Dab with a cloth to collect small beads.
5. Collect the shattered glass pieces (using the card papers)and throw them in the trash.
6. Get the area checked by a professional ( they have mercury vapor detectors )
7. Carefully put the waste in a plastic bag and dispose the chemical waste.

Where is it found on Earth? Mercury is a very rare element found in the Earth's crust. It is sometimes found in its free state, but is usually found in ores such as cinnabar, livingstonite, and corderoite. Most mercury today is produced from the mining of cinnabar, a bright red ore.

Yes, although mostly it occurs as minerals such as cinnabar (HgS) but fairly often you will find small droplets of liquid mercury on the surface of these deposits. Every now and then and in a few places when mining cinnabar drops of mecury fall and drop from the ceiling of the mine.

Because Mercury can be seen with the naked eye and has therefore been known since ancient times, before anybody kept records. It would be sort of like asking who discovered the Moon, although I admit that’s harder to miss.

Yes. This was the principal used for reclaiming mercury used during gold mining.

Liquid mercury is commonly extracted from natural compounds. The occurrence of native mercury is rare.

Mercury (element) - Wikipedia

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