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Despite its appearance, '''Cinnabar''' is not an {{L|ore}} and cannot be smelted to yield mercury.
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'''Cinnabar''' is a brilliant red stone found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance (showing up as {{Raw Tile|£|4:7:1}} unmined and {{Raw Tile|*|4:1}} mined), it is '''not''' a usable ore.
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==In Real Life==
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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.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 28 September 2013

Cinnabar
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
* = = = £ £ £
* * = = = £ £
* * * * = = £
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Uses

Location

Properties
Fire-safe Not magma-safe

Wikipedia article

This article is about an older version of DF.

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.

In Real Life[edit]

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.

Sedimentary
Igneous
Intrusive
Extrusive
Metamorphic
Ore
Economic
Other