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Mercury telluride
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<p>Mercury telluride (HgTe) is a binary chemical compound of <a href="/facts/Mercury_(element)/WlxfoHva">mercury</a> and <a href="/facts/Tellurium/v7QvfIvS">tellurium</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Semi-metal/ELtXVlI5">semi-metal</a> related to the II-VI group of <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconductor</a> materials. Alternative names are mercuric telluride and mercury(II) telluride. </p><p>HgTe occurs in nature as the mineral form <a href="/facts/Coloradoite/nojxTKUw">coloradoite</a>. </p>