Mercury (crystallography)

Mercury (Crystal Structure Visualisation, Exploration and Analysis software)
Original author(s)F. H. Allen
Developer(s)Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Initial release2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Stable release
Mercury 4.2.0 / 2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Preview release
Mercury 4.2.0
Operating systemWindows, Linux 64-bit, MacOS
LicenseFree download software
Websitewww.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/csd-community/freemercury/

Mercury is a freeware developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, originally designed as a crystal structure visualization tool. Mercury helps three dimensional visualization of crystal structure and assists in drawing and analysis of crystal packing and intermolecular interactions.[1] Current version Mercury can read "cif", ".mol", ".mol2", ".pdb", ".res", ".sd" and ".xyz" types of files. Mercury has its own file format with filename extension ".mryx".[2]

  1. ^ Clare F., Macrae (28 February 2006). "Mercury: visualization and analysis of crystal structures" (PDF). Journal of Applied Crystallography. 39: 453. doi:10.1107/S002188980600731X.
  2. ^ "Mercury User Guide and Tutorials" (PDF). ccdc.cam.ac.uk.