metacinnabar

American

[met-uh-sin-uh-bahr] / ˌmɛt əˈsɪn əˌbɑr /

noun

Mineralogy.

a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.

Etymology

Origin of metacinnabar

meta- + cinnabar

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metacinnabar

Minor sources include the black or gray sulphide, metacinnabar, the native metal, and the white mercurous chloride, calomel.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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