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Is there mercury on Mercury?
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post Nov 2 2008, 08:09 PM
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This may sound like a completely stupid and whimsical question, or else give the UMSF food for thought. But does anyone know if there has been any work done on estimating the abundances of metals on Mercury, and with this in mind, in particular I'm wondering if planet Mercury's namesake element, the liquid metal mercury, could exist as an ore in the crust of Mercury?

I guess this speculation is pretty fanciful, but could it be possible for Mercury to contain its namesake metal?

And leading on from that, could Mercury, Mars or Venus contain precious metals such as silver, gold or platinum worth mining in commercial quantities eventually? Or can such metals only be created in sufficient concentrations on Earth only, due to its plate tectonics?
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- Enceladus75   Is there mercury on Mercury?   Nov 2 2008, 08:09 PM
- - elakdawalla   Mercury likely exists in Mercury, as it does in ev...   Nov 2 2008, 08:47 PM
|- - silylene   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 2 2008, 08:47 PM...   Nov 4 2008, 05:03 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (silylene @ Nov 4 2008, 05:03 PM) m...   Nov 4 2008, 05:13 PM
||- - silylene   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 4 2008, 06:13 PM) ...   Nov 4 2008, 05:22 PM
||- - dburt   I have long taught courses dealing with terrestria...   Nov 4 2008, 10:07 PM
|- - silylene   QUOTE (silylene @ Nov 4 2008, 06:03 PM) I...   Oct 22 2010, 01:48 PM
- - Enceladus75   Emily...that's great food for thought. I'm...   Nov 3 2008, 12:27 AM
|- - Marz   Full quote of previous (long) post removed. - Mod ...   Nov 3 2008, 01:05 AM
- - Enceladus75   It's interesting that you mention Venus. I thi...   Nov 3 2008, 01:59 AM
- - Enceladus75   Many thanks for your contribution dburt - it's...   Nov 14 2008, 12:25 AM

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