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Definition: Green cinnabar
Cinnabar
\Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of
Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.]
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1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red
crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is
used in medicine.
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2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment;
vermilion.
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Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the
Greeks.] (Med.) Same as
Dragon's blood.
Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of
cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a
liver-brown color and submetallic luster.
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