Cinnabar
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Sulfide
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Colour
- Red
- Lustre
- Brilliant, Dull
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Ancient Romans and Chinese ground cinnabar into the red pigment called vermilion.
- Heating cinnabar releases liquid mercury, and the Spanish mine at Almadén supplied the world for centuries.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q104614 · All stones · All entries