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noun - a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide
noun - large red-and-black European moth
adj - of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
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| Often bright red in color , it's the chief ore of mercury |
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| a bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide, sometimes used as a pigment. |
| A bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide, sometimes used as a pigment. |
| A day-flying moth with black and red wings, whose black and yellow caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort. |
| A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury. |
| Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment. |
| See vermilion. |
| large red-and-black European moth larvae feed on leaves of ragwort introduced into United States to control ragwort |
| a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide the chief source of mercury |
| of a vivid red to reddish-orange color |
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Cinnabar () and cinnabarite (), likely deriving from the Ancient Greek: (kinnabari), refer to the common bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS) that 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. * Cinnabar generally occurs as a vein-filling mineral associated with recent volcanic activity and alkaline hot springs. The mineral resembles quartz in symmetry and in its exhibiting birefringence; cinnabar has a mean refractive index of approximately 3.2, a hardness between 2.0 and 2.5, and a specific gravity of approximately 8.1. The color and properties derive from a structure that is a hexagonal crystalline lattice belonging to the trigonal crystal system, crystals that sometimes exhibit twinning. * Cinnabar has been used for its color since antiquity in the Near East, including as a rouge-type cosmetic, in the New World since the Olm |