Mention the word “mercury” and one of two things comes to mind: the silvery metal that is liquid at normal temperatures, or ...

Gomez believes the mercury was part of a representation of the geography of the underworld, the mythological realm where the dead reside. The silvery liquid was probably used to depict lakes and ...

which means “living silver”, referring to its fluid liquid state and silvery white coloration. It’s also thought that mercury has been used as a tool for mining through the amalgamation of ...

What about the real mercury? Mercury is a shiny silvery liquid metal that is highly toxic and is the only metal that exists in a liquid state at standard temperature and pressure. It is mainly ...