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Cinnebar is from the Cinnebar Tree which grows in Southeast Asia. The Cinnebar beads, boxes and accessories that one can buy these days are made by pressing a pattern into the wood and then the color is enhanced with a resin to give it stability as the wood is very soft. |
Cinnebar is from the Cinnebar Tree which grows in Southeast Asia. The Cinnebar beads, boxes and accessories that one can buy these days are made by pressing a pattern into the wood and then the color is enhanced with a resin to give it stability as the wood is very soft. |
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Revision as of 21:29, 10 March 2006
CINNEBAR What is Cinnebar? It is NOT the Mineral Cinnabar!!! (Cinnabar is mercury in one of it's natural forms, specifically red mercuric sulfide. It was used as a colorant by the natives for paint. Cinnabar is Mercuric Sulfide, HgS. Cinnabar is a sort of rusty red material, soft rock. If you ever want to test to see if a rock is Cinnabar, simply heat it. Hold it over a cigarette lighter. If it is not too big of a piece, after heating, you will be able to see tiny droplets of metallic mercury on the heated surface.)
Now back to CINNEBAR...
Cinnebar is from the Cinnebar Tree which grows in Southeast Asia. The Cinnebar beads, boxes and accessories that one can buy these days are made by pressing a pattern into the wood and then the color is enhanced with a resin to give it stability as the wood is very soft.
