cinnabar
Sign in to saveCinnabar (; ), also called cinnabarite () or mercurblende, is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion and associated red mercury pigments.
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Cinnabar is a bright red mineral form of mercury sulfide that serves as the primary ore for extracting mercury metal. Historically and today, it has been valued as the source of vermilion, a brilliant red pigment used in paints and dyes.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Cinnabar
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- B0120C
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.image
- Cinnabarit 01.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Cinnabar, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany
- Mineral.formula
- Mercury(II) sulfide, HgS
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cin
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.CD.15a
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Trapezohedral (32) (same H–M symbol)
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Properties and structure
- Properties
- Structure
- Occurrence
- Mining and extraction of mercury
- Toxicity
- Decorative use
- Other forms
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- See also
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Cinnabar (; ), also called cinnabarite () or mercurblende, is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion and associated red mercury pigments.