[Magdalen] Grrr....

[Jay Weigel]

Well, I'm not a pagan, but I believe in the law of threefold return, so
there! LOL

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> It's mercury sulfide, HgS.
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> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 1:37 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Grrr....
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> In a message dated 8/3/2016 11:30:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
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> 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).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> 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.
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> David S.
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