metacinnabar

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ cinnabar

Noun

metacinnabar (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A isometric-hextetrahedral form of the mineral, cinnabar, containing mercury and sulfur and ranging from black to grayish white.

References
  • “Metacinnabar” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
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