A sample of cinnabar, the principal ore of mercury. This red-brown mineral is a form of mercury (II) sulphide - symbol HgS. Historically it was also t

---

A sample of cinnabar, the principal ore of mercury. This red-brown mineral is a form of mercury (II) sulphide - symbol HgS. Historically it was also the source of the pigment vermillion.

---

Size: 3733px × 5600px
Photo credit: © Science Photo Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, chemical, chemistry, cinnabar, cinnabarite, close-, colour, commercial, commercially, cut, cut-, cutout, detail, education, geological, geology, ii, important, main, mercury, mineral, mineralogy, ore, pigment, principal, red, rock, school, science, sulfide, sulphide, vermillion