Cinnabar - A Beautiful But Toxic Mineral, Ore and Pigment

Cinnabar is a beautiful red mineral and ore made of mercury (ll) sulfide. It’s used as a source of mercury and to make an artist's pigment, and is toxic.

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Mercury Toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed

In recent years concern regarding the mercury content in fish harvested from the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries has escalated. Mercury is one of the most common heavy metals found in Earth’s environment. Throughout history it has been used...

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Liquid Mercury Facts

Liquid mercury was discovered thousands of years ago. Today it has many uses such as in thermometers, barometers, in batteries, and in fluorescent lighting...

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Cinnabar Red Chanterelles: Flavor and Visual Impact of Wild Red Mushrooms

Cinnabar red chanterelle mushrooms have a stunningly beautiful appearance. These New World natives also impart wonderful flavors to a variety of recipes. Handling instructions as well as three recipes (sautéed/baked medley, corn puree, filet mignon) are included.

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Cinnabar Beads Jewelry

Cinnabar Stone is a the red sulphide of mercury and is highly toxic. Red Cinnabar Tumbled Stones are known to attract wealth to Business and can be kept in cash boxes. For Jewelry making imitation beads are made from a lacquer which is derived from a tree sap found in China. These beads are normally hand carved with images like birds and flowers to make bead necklaces, earrings, pendants etc.

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Rocks and Mineral found in Texas, USA

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GROUNDSEL THE GROUND SWALLOWER

Groundsel is a common plant of the Asteraceae family and are placed in the genus Senecio, and are closely related to the ragwort { a subject of a previous hub}. Even if one is unaware of its name many people...

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Cinnabar Yin-Yang

The mineral Cinnabar also known as Cinnabrite is Mercury Sulfate HgS chemically, and a burnt Sienna in color, or reddish brown. Ground down, Cinnabar red mineral pigment to make and mixed with lacquer and covered carved woods or carving directly...

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The Quiksilver Mines of Silicon Valley: A Very Brief History of Mercury Manufacturing in California

Cinnabar. (Source: Mineral Information Institute)  Mercury was mined commercially in Silicon Valley until 1976.  The Quiksilver Mines of New Almaden, California, a few miles from the city limits of San Jose, California produced during the 1940's...

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