cinnabar
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cinnabarine /sin"euh beuh reen', -beuhr in, -bahr'uyn, -een/,
cinnabaric /sin'euh bar"ik/,
adj./sin"euh bahr'/, n.
1. a mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS, occurring in red crystals or masses: the principal ore of mercury.
2. red mercuric sulfide, used as a pigment.
3. bright red; vermillion.
[1350-1400; < L cinnabaris < Gk kinnábari < ?; r. ME cynoper < ML, L as above]
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It is commonly encountered with
pyrite,
marcasite, and
stibnite in veins near recent volcanic rocks and in hot-springs deposits. It has been used as a bright orange-red pigment in stage makeup (now known to be toxic),
painting, and Chinese lacquerwork.
Cinnabar from Red Devil Mine, north of Homer, Alaska
By courtesy of the MacFall Collection; photograph, Mary A. Root
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mercury sulfide (HgS), the chief ore mineral of mercury. It is commonly encountered with pyrite, marcasite, and stibnite in veins near recent volcanic rocks and in hot-springs deposits. The most important deposit is at
Almadén,
Spain, where it has been mined for 2,000 years. Other deposits are in Huancavelica, Peru; Iudrio, Italy; and the Coast Ranges of California, U.S. Metacinnabar, the isometric (
cubic) form of cinnabar, transforms to cinnabar upon heating to 400°–550° C (750°–1,020° F). For detailed physical properties,
see sulfide mineral (
table).
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Cinnabar from Red Devil Mine, north of Homer, AlaskaBy courtesy of the MacFall Collection; photograph, Mary A. Root