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on {111}, forming lamellae in polished section.","Massive, rarely as small \u003C1mm tetrahedral crystals",3,"7.65","7.63","Metallic","Opaque","black","Dark red to black",[48,45],"red",[45],"Sub-Conchoidal","brittle","Isotropic","Weak","Mid grey","Red","very weak, rarely","(28.4) 400,\r\n(27.6) 420,\r\n(26.8) 440,\r\n(26.3) 460,\r\n(25.9) 480,\r\n(25.6) 500,\r\n(25.4) 520,\r\n(25.2) 540,\r\n(25.1) 560,\r\n(25.0) 580,\r\n(24.9) 600,\r\n(24.9) 620,\r\n(24.8) 640,\r\n(24.7) 660,\r\n(24.7) 680,\r\n(24.7) 700","Forms a series with tiemannite (HgSe) and perhaps partially with sphalerite.","Named for the Greek \u003Cem>meta\u003C\u002Fem> meaning \u003Cem>with\u003C\u002Fem>, and cinnabar in allusion to the polymorphic relationship between the two minerals.","2026-03-10 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(1870) Ueber das Vorkommen des amorphen Quecksilbersulfids in der Natur. Journal für Praktische Chemie: 110: 319-329.",{"id":159,"year":160,"html":161,"doi":11},16116922,1873,"Durand, F.E. (1873) Notes on the crystallization of metacinnabarite. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 4(1): 219–220, figs. 1–2.",{"id":163,"year":164,"html":165,"doi":11},16116923,1885,"Penfield, S.L. (1885) Crystallized tiemannite and metacinnabarite. American Journal of Science: 29: 449-454.",{"id":167,"year":168,"html":169,"doi":11},16116924,1892,"Penfield, S.L. (1892) Notes on the crystallography of metacinnabarite. American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 44: 383.",{"id":171,"year":168,"html":172,"doi":11},16116925,"Schrauf, A. (1892) Ueber Metacinnaberit von Idria und dessen Paragenesis. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt: 41: 349-400.",{"id":174,"year":175,"html":176,"doi":11},16116926,1924,"Lehmann, W.M. (1924) Rontgenographische Untersuchungen an naturlichem und synthetischem Metacinnabarit (HgS). Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Band 60: 379-413; Mineralogical Abstracts: 2: 510-511 (1925).",{"id":178,"year":179,"html":180,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":182,"year":183,"html":184,"doi":11},523204,1959,"Dickson, Frank W., Tunell, George (1959) The stability relations of cinnabar and metacinnabar. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (5-6) 471-487 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM44\u002FAM44_471.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":186,"year":187,"html":188,"doi":11},527141,1978,"Potter, Robert W. II, Barnes, H. L. (1978) Phase relations in the binary Hg-S. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  63 (11-12) 1143-1152 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM63\u002FAM63_1143.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":190,"year":191,"html":192,"doi":11},16965973,2005,"(2005) Metacinnabar. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fmetacinnabar.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":194,"year":195,"html":196,"doi":197},295175,2007,"Holley, Elizabeth A., James McQuillan, A., Craw, Dave, Kim, Jonathan P., Sander, Sylvia G. (2007) Mercury mobilization by oxidative dissolution of cinnabar (α-HgS) and metacinnabar (β-HgS) \u003Ci>Chemical Geology\u003C\u002Fi>,  240 (3) 313-325 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.chemgeo.2007.03.001'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.chemgeo.2007.03.001\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.chemgeo.2007.03.001",{"id":199,"year":200,"html":201,"doi":11},16150470,2009,"Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P. (2009) Tiemannite e metacinabro della miniera Buca della Vena (Alpi Apuane). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie: 114: 13-17. http:\u002F\u002Fwww.apuanegeopark.it\u002Fdocuments\u002FAtti_Soc_Tosc_Sc_Nat_2009_Orlandi_Biagioni.pdf",{"id":203,"year":200,"html":204,"doi":205},3144173,"Borisov, S. V., Magarill, S. A., Pervukhina, N. V. (2009) Characteristic features of crystal chemistry of natural mercury-containing sulfides and sulfosalts. \u003Ci>Journal of Structural Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>, 50 (5). 853-860 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs10947-009-0127-7'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs10947-009-0127-7\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs10947-009-0127-7",{"id":207,"year":208,"html":209,"doi":210},242110,2011,"Vasil’ev, V.I. (2011) New data on the composition of metacinnabar and Hg-sphalerite with an isomorphous Cd admixture. \u003Ci>Russian Geology and Geophysics\u003C\u002Fi>,  52 (7) 701-708 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.rgg.2011.06.002'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.rgg.2011.06.002\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.rgg.2011.06.002",{"id":212,"year":213,"html":214,"doi":215},129290,2014,"Ballirano, Paolo, Botticelli, Michela, Maras, Adriana (2014) Thermal behaviour of cinnabar, α-HgS, and the kinetics of the β-HgS (metacinnabar) - α-HgS conversion at room temperature. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (6) 957-965 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2013\u002F0025-2341'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2013\u002F0025-2341\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2013\u002F0025-2341",{"id":217,"year":218,"html":219,"doi":11},16116931,2017,"Biagioni, C., Musetti, S., Pasero, M. (2017) New data on metacinnabar from Tuscany (Italy). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A: 124: 13-18.",{"id":221,"year":222,"html":223,"doi":224},15682651,2023,"Wang, Xiao, Liu, Jiajun, Carranza, Emmanuel John M., Zhai, Degao, Zhao, Qingqing, Weng, Guoming, Zhang, Bin (2023) Characteristics and Formation Conditions of Se-Bearing Metacinnabar in the Wanshan Mercury Ore Field, Eastern Guizhou. \u003Ci>Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>, 13 (2) 173 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3390\u002Fmin13020173'>doi:10.3390\u002Fmin13020173\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mdpi.com\u002F2075-163X\u002F13\u002F2\u002F173\u002Fpdf?version=1676860573' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3390\u002Fmin13020173",{"id":226,"year":227,"html":228,"doi":229},19693446,2026,"Sandalov, Fedor D.; Rassomakhin, Mikhail A.; Vlasenko, Natalia S.; Britvin, Sergey N.; Artemyev, Dmitry A.; Stepanov, Sergey Yu.; Belogub, Elena V. (2026) Toward the continuous series of HgS-ZnS solid solutions: Zn-rich metacinnabar assemblages in the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, Northern Urals, Russia. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  111 (3). 431-445 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2025-9783'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2025-9783\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2025-9783",[231,241,249,256,263,271,277,283,289,299],{"id":232,"source_url":233,"license_code":234,"credit_html":235,"title":236,"description":237,"author":238,"original_width":239,"original_height":240},15997,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135685","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135685\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-59226.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetacinnabar\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metacinnabar\">Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Diablo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Diablo\">Mount Diablo\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClayton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clayton\">Clayton\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FContra_Costa_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Contra Costa County, California\">Contra Costa County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3511.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lustrous, complexly rounded, gray metacinnabar crystals to 3 mm richly cover matrix from the famous Mt. Diablo Mine of California. Ex Gene Meieran Collection (and he self-collected it 40 years ago). 3.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",500,328,{"id":242,"source_url":243,"license_code":234,"credit_html":244,"title":245,"description":246,"author":238,"original_width":247,"original_height":248},15998,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138384","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138384\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-112492.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetacinnabar\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metacinnabar\">Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Diablo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Diablo\">Mount Diablo\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClayton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clayton\">Clayton\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FContra_Costa_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Contra Costa County, California\">Contra Costa County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3511.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich miniature of sharp 1mm crystals on quartz matrix, of this rare mercury sulfide species (HgS). These were collected in teh 1960s. So far as I know, the locality has been defunct for decades and no more has been found. I see them about once a year, turning up in old collections. This is, so far as they go, a fairly aesthetic example 6.5 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",498,600,{"id":250,"source_url":251,"license_code":234,"credit_html":252,"title":253,"description":254,"author":238,"original_width":248,"original_height":255},15999,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145323","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145323\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-146930.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetacinnabar\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metacinnabar\">Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Diablo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Diablo\">Mount Diablo\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClayton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clayton\">Clayton\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FContra_Costa_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Contra Costa County, California\">Contra Costa County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3511.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.4 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Metacinnabar, though rather rare, is actually chemically the same as cinnabar (HgS), and can actually be transformed into cinnabar upon heating to around 500 degrees centigrade. Specimens have come from Italy, Romania, and as in this case, from California. What is nice about this specimen is how the cluster of crystals is isolated on a matrix of small quartz crystals. This is an old piece out of the Burton Jirgl collection - now hard to obtain!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",489,{"id":257,"source_url":258,"license_code":234,"credit_html":259,"title":260,"description":254,"author":238,"original_width":261,"original_height":262},16000,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145324","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145324\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-146931.jpg",400,354,{"id":264,"source_url":265,"license_code":234,"credit_html":266,"title":267,"description":268,"author":238,"original_width":269,"original_height":270},16001,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164231","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164231\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-233443.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetacinnabar\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metacinnabar\">Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Diablo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Diablo\">Mount Diablo\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClayton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clayton\">Clayton\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FContra_Costa_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Contra Costa County, California\">Contra Costa County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3511.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Metacinnabar is an uncommon mercury ore worldwide. Lustrous, complexly rounded, dark gray metacinnabar crystals to 5 mm richly cover the quartz-rich matrix plate from the Mt. Diablo Mine of California. Ex John Ydren Collection. Older material.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",750,592,{"id":272,"source_url":273,"license_code":234,"credit_html":274,"title":275,"description":268,"author":238,"original_width":276,"original_height":248},16002,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164232","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164232\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-233445.jpg",566,{"id":278,"source_url":279,"license_code":234,"credit_html":280,"title":281,"description":282,"author":238,"original_width":247,"original_height":248},16003,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453220","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453220\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-mrz108a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetacinnabar\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metacinnabar\">Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Diablo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Diablo\">Mount Diablo\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClayton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clayton\">Clayton\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FContra_Costa_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Contra Costa County, California\">Contra Costa County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3511.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.5 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Metacinnabar\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich miniature of sharp 1mm crystals on quartz matrix, of this rare mercury sulfide species (HgS). These were collected in teh 1960s. So far as I know, the locality has been defunct for decades and no more has been found. I see them about once a year, turning up in old collections. This is, so far as they go, a fairly aesthetic example\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":284,"source_url":285,"license_code":234,"credit_html":286,"title":287,"description":282,"author":238,"original_width":261,"original_height":288},16004,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453221","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453221\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar-mrz108b.jpg",300,{"id":290,"source_url":291,"license_code":292,"credit_html":293,"title":294,"description":295,"author":296,"original_width":297,"original_height":298},67184,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118195755","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118195755\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metacinnabar (46010882995).jpg","\u003Cp>Lucky Boy Mine, Marysvale\nUtah, USA\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>332\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Fol>","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",4000,6000,{"id":300,"source_url":301,"license_code":302,"credit_html":303,"title":304,"description":305,"author":306,"original_width":307,"original_height":308},67185,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163481366","CC0 1.0","Nessa Eull, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163481366\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cinnabar with metacinnabar (GeoDIL number - 1065).jpg","Cinnabar (HgS) is a mercury sulfide that typically has a vermillion to pink or scarlet color. Metacinnabar (a different mineral) has the same composition but a black or gray color, and sometimes a metallic luster. Both are important ore minerals of mercury. This specimen, a fine grained mix of both minerals, is about 8 cm in longest dimension.","Nessa Eull",1882,1609,[310,317],{"id":311,"url":312,"label":313,"formula":314,"spacegroup":315,"year":316},8703,"\u002Fcif\u002F8703.cif","Wyckoff 1963","Hg S","F -4 3 m",1963,{"id":318,"url":319,"label":320,"formula":314,"spacegroup":315,"year":175},8704,"\u002Fcif\u002F8704.cif","Lehmann 1924",[322,323],"Aethiops Mineral","Metacinnabarite",[325,329,333,337,343,347,351,355,359,363,367,371,375],{"lang":326,"names":327},"az",[328],"Metasinnabarit",{"lang":330,"names":331},"ca",[332],"metacinabri",{"lang":334,"names":335},"de",[336],"Metacinnabarit",{"lang":338,"names":339},"es",[340,341,342],"Leviglianita","Metacinabarita","Metacinabrio",{"lang":344,"names":345},"eu",[346],"Metazinabrio",{"lang":348,"names":349},"fa",[350],"متاسینابر",{"lang":352,"names":353},"fr",[354,7,323],"Métacinabre",{"lang":356,"names":357},"it",[358],"Metacinabro",{"lang":360,"names":361},"pl",[362],"Metacynober",{"lang":364,"names":365},"sl",[366],"Metacinabarit",{"lang":368,"names":369},"ta",[370],"மெட்டா சின்னபார்",{"lang":372,"names":373},"uk",[374],"Метацинабарит",{"lang":376,"names":377},"zh",[378],"黑辰砂","Q415961",{"history":11,"applications":11}]