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cinnabar [Am ˈsɪnəˌbɑr, Brit ˈsɪnəbɑː] N U

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The mining law of 1866 had given discoverers rights to stake mining claims to extract gold, silver, cinnabar (the principal ore of mercury) and copper. en.wikipedia.org

This underground experience gives the visitor a taste of what it was like for generations of miners who worked the cinnabar mine over the centuries. en.wikipedia.org

Many homesteaders arrived in the area in the early 1910s, and cinnabar production peaked in the 1960s. en.wikipedia.org

Additionally, miners were attracted to the area by the 1862 discovery of cinnabar, the ore from which quicksilver can be made. en.wikipedia.org

It was said that even its window sills and thresholds were adorned with gold and jade, while its walls were painted with cinnabar. en.wikipedia.org

The cinnabar was discovered by means of the fires which are made to burn off the chaparral, the magazine reported. en.wikipedia.org

Cinnabar tints are retained on the sandal straps of the original foot, with traces of gilding. en.wikipedia.org

The first elixir they developed was cinnabar, or mercuric sulphide. en.wikipedia.org

The cap cuticle is cinnabar, brick-red or rusty orange and densely covered with fine granules. en.wikipedia.org

Cinnabar is a heavy, fragile and quickly worn mineral. en.wikipedia.org

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