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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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'''Cinnabar''' is a brilliant red [[stone]] found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance in ASCII mode (showing up as {{Raw Tile|£|4:7:1}} unmined and {{Raw Tile|*|4:1}} mined), it is '''not''' a usable [[ore]].
  
 
Cinnabar is also the most [[density|dense]] non-economic stone besides [[slade]], so it's very good for [[trap|stone-fall traps]] and as [[catapult]] ammo. Hauling cinnabar is not realistic, or at least will take an eternity, without a [[wheelbarrow]]. Additionally, cinnabar [[craft]]s are so heavyweight that they can fill up a caravan.
 
Cinnabar is also the most [[density|dense]] non-economic stone besides [[slade]], so it's very good for [[trap|stone-fall traps]] and as [[catapult]] ammo. Hauling cinnabar is not realistic, or at least will take an eternity, without a [[wheelbarrow]]. Additionally, cinnabar [[craft]]s are so heavyweight that they can fill up a caravan.

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Wikipedia article

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Cinnabar is a brilliant red stone found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance in ASCII mode (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 that they can fill up a caravan.

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. 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.

Cinnabar.
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