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Cinnabar
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Cinnabar, also called cinnabarite or mercurblende, is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury sulfide. It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and is the historic sourc
Cinnabar, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany
Cinnabar, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany
Cinnabar mercury ore from Nevada, United States
Cinnabar mercury ore from Nevada, United States
Specimen composed of pure cinnabar, with the surface covered in crystals. Being an old specimen, they are partially darkened due to exposure to light.
Specimen composed of pure cinnabar, with the surface covered in crystals. Being an old specimen, they are partially darkened due to exposure to light. Almadén Mine, (Ciudad Real), Spain. Largest dimension, 6 cm.
Chinese carved cinnabar lacquerware, from the late Qing dynasty
Chinese carved cinnabar lacquerware, from the late Qing dynasty
Vermilion
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Vermilion is a color family and toxic pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century and made from the powdered mineral cinnabar. It is synonymous with red orange.
Cinnabar
…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. Cinnabar generally occurs as a vein-filling mineral associated with volcanic activity and alkaline hot springs…
The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the mai
The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters.
A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), National Museum of China, Beijing
A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), National Museum of China, Beijing
Cinnabar crystals from the Almaden Mine in northern California
Cinnabar crystals from the Almaden Mine in northern California
Cinnabar crystals on dolomite from Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou, China
Cinnabar crystals on dolomite from Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou, China