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Cinnabar (Concept) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Cinnabar

Also known as: Cinnabaris, Vermilion, Minium

14 books·209 total mentions

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The bright red ore of mercury, highly valued in alchemy for its color and as a primary source for extracting quicksilver.

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Appears in 15 Books

Lehigh Codex (15th c. Naples Alchemical MS)

Arnold of Brussels (compiler)

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+38 more pages

Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)

Girolamo Cardano

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