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Created page with "== Overview == Cinnabar is a bright red mineral that is a primary source of mercury. It is also known as mercury sulfide (HgS), and is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury. Cinnabar has been used for its color since antiquity in the Near East, including as a rouge-type cosmetic, in the New World since the Olmec culture, and in China since as early as the Yangshao culture, where it was used in coloring stoneware. Image:Det..."