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There are several types of mercury. They include metallic mercury, and both inorganic and organic mercury compounds. Many of these forms are found in our environment, however, the most common natural forms include metallic mercury, mercury sulfide, mercuric chloride, and methylmercury (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp46.html).
It is found either as a native metal (rare) or in cinnabar, corderoite, livingstonite and other minerals, with cinnabar (HgS) being the most common ore. Mercury ores usually occur in very young orogenic belts where rocks of high density are forced to the crust of Earth, often in hot springs or other volcanic regions.