Mercury (crystallography)
| Mercury (Crystal Structure Visualisation, Exploration and Analysis software) | |
|---|---|
Mercury 4. 2. 0. screenshot | |
| Original author(s) | F. H. Allen |
| Developer(s) | Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre |
| Initial release | 2001 |
| Stable release | Mercury 4.2.0
/ 2019 |
| Preview release | Mercury 4.2.0
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| Operating system | Windows, Linux 64-bit, MacOS |
| License | Free download software |
| Website | www |
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. 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".