Mercury, the only metal that remains liquid at room temperature, has fascinated humans for millennia. From ancient Egypt to Mesoamerica and China, civilizations had access to this mesmerizing ...

They also identified a likely cause of the dark stains: nanoparticles of a mercury sulphide called metacinnabar in the protective paper holding the folio, although it is unclear how this unusual ...

The most common ore of mercury is called cinnabar. Its scientific name is mercury sulfide (HgS). In its pure, manmade form it's known as vermilion, which is a red pigment used in artist's paint.

When heated, cinnabar — also known as HgS or mercury sulphide, an important ore of mercury — releases mercury as a vapor that when cooled and captured is liquid mercury. Commonly associated ...

Cinnabar, a red form of toxic mercury sulphide, has never been found on human teeth remains before, scientists say. Previous studies have found evidence of cinnabar and similar red pigments being ...

The Shasta Indians never enjoyed a war fully unless they had first smeared their faces with reddish cinnabar (mercury sulfide), which they got from a big deposit in northern California.

mercury sulfide, also known as cinnabar. Cinnabar is by far the most prevalent of the two compounds in the archaeological record. Archaeologists have unearthed numerous artifacts made of it and turned ...

This was then combined with lead-tin yellow and vermilion (red mercury sulfide) pigments to create the golden luster. This chemical explanation was supported by a comprehensive review of ...

Red-tinted makeup often used during the era was made of mercury sulfide and cold creams also likely contained the dangerous poison. Complexion can be a killer, and arsenic wafers are a great example.