[Magdalen] Grrr....

[Charles Wohlers]

It's mercury sulfide, HgS.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 1:37 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Grrr....



In a message dated 8/3/2016 11:30:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:

Is it  *real* cinnabar (mercury sulfide)? If so, perhaps you can hope your
original customers get mercury poisoning.   ;-)
(Apparently,  real cinnabar isn't used in jewelry today - at least, one
would
hope not,  for Molly's sake, if nothing  else).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Cinnabar is widely used in Chinese decorative items such as vases and
lamps.  It's also used in (red) human tattoos.  I don't know what  the
chemical
make up is.




David S.