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Cinnabar:
Mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide (HgS), the principal commercial source of mercury. It is bright red in color, crystallizes in the hexagonal system, and has perfect prismatic cleavage. The hardness of cinnabar is 2.5, and the specific gravity is 8.10.
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