The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Why is the element mercury important? The element mercury is important because it has a color of silver, it has the properties of a solid and a liquid, it is a naturally found element, and it doesn't break down.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Mercury is an element, meaning that it isn't made out of anything but mercury. For more information, check out a periodic table of the elements, Mercury is number 80 (its symbol is Hg).