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Cinnabar

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Uses
Masonry Stone crafting Construction
Location
Found in igneous extrusive layers as veins Found within shale as veins Found within quartzite as veins
Properties
Material value 1 Melting point 11044 (x) Boiling point 14000 (m) Ignition point none (m) Solid density 8100 Specific heat 800
Wikipedia article

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Cinnabar is a brilliant red stone found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance (showing up as £ unmined and * mined), it is not a usable ore.

Cinnabar is also the most dense non-economic stone besides slade, so it's very good for stone-fall traps and as catapult ammo. Hauling cinnabar is not realistic, or at least will take an eternity, without a wheelbarrow. Additionally, cinnabar crafts are so heavyweight they can fill up a caravan.

In Real Life

Cinnabar is a mineral of mercury sulfide (HgS), and has been used throughout history both for the ease in which it can be made to release its elemental mercury, and for use as a red pigment in paint. In ancient Roman history, slaves or prisoners were consigned to cinnabar mines as a death sentence - unlike humans, dwarves are evidently immune to mercury poisoning.

Raws
[INORGANIC:CINNABAR] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:cinnabar][DISPLAY_COLOR:4:7:1][TILE:156] [ENVIRONMENT:IGNEOUS_EXTRUSIVE:VEIN:100] [ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:SHALE:VEIN:100] [ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:QUARTZITE:VEIN:100] [ITEM_SYMBOL:'*'] [IS_STONE] [MELTING_POINT:11044] [SOLID_DENSITY:8100]

Stones
Sedimentary	Calcite • Chalk • Chert • Claystone • Conglomerate • Dolomite • Limestone • Mudstone • Rock salt • Sandstone • Shale • Siltstone
Igneous I.	Diorite • Gabbro • Granite
Igneous E.	Andesite • Basalt • Dacite • Obsidian • Rhyolite
Metamorphic	Gneiss • Marble • Phyllite • Quartzite • Schist • Slate
Ore	Adamantine, raw • Aluminum, native • Bismuthinite • Cassiterite • Copper, native • Galena • Garnierite • Gold, native • Hematite • Horn silver • Limonite • Magnetite • Malachite • Platinum, native • Silver, native • Sphalerite • Tetrahedrite
Economic	Alabaster • Bituminous coal • Calcite • Gypsum • Kaolinite • Lignite • Satinspar • Selenite
Unique	Graphite • Jet • Kimberlite • Pitchblende
Other	Alunite • Anhydrite • Bauxite • Borax • Brimstone • Chromite • Cinnabar • Cobaltite • Cryolite • Hornblende • Ilmenite • Marcasite • Mica • Microcline • Olivine • Orpiment • Orthoclase • Periclase • Petrified wood • Puddingstone • Pyrolusite • Realgar • Rutile • Saltpeter • Serpentine • Stibnite • Sylvite • Talc