Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications

Research Article

Chemical Species, Micromorphology, and XRD Fingerprint Analysis of Tibetan Medicine Zuotai Containing Mercury

Table 3

Phase compositions in nine Zuotai samples by powder XRD.


Samples	ICDD	Compound	Chem. form.	Crystal system	Space group

#1	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#2	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#3	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#4	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#5	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#6	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#7	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#8	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)
	00-042-1408	Vermilion	HgS	Hexagonal	P3221 (154)

#9	01-075-1538	Metacinnabar	HgS	Cubic	F-43m (216)
#9	01-078-1889	Sulfur, alpha	S₈	Orthorhombic	Fddd (70)

Note: #1 is the sample of Aba Prefecture Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #2 is the sample of Gan’na Prefecture Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #3, #4, and #5 are the samples of the Company of Tibetan Medicine of Tibetan Traditional Medical College; #6, #7, and #8 are the samples of Qinghai Province Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #9 is the sample of the Company of Tibetan Medicine of Tibetan Autonomous Region.