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Cinnabar generally occurs as a vein-filling mineral associated with volcanic activity and alkaline hot springs. The mineral resembles quartz in symmetry and it exhibits birefringence. Cinnabar has a mean refractive index near 3.2, a hardness between 2.0 and 2.5, and a specific gravity of approximately 8.1.
The cinnabar boobook (Ninox ios), also known as the cinnabar hawk-owl, is a hawk-owl endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.It was described as a new species to science by American ornithologist Pamela C. Rasmussen in 1999 based on a single specimen collected by Frank Rozendaal from Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park on Minahassa Peninsula, northern Sulawesi, in 1985.
The Wakasugiyama Cinnabar Mine (若杉山辰砂採掘遺跡, Wakasugiyama shinshasaikutsu iseki) is an archaeological site with the traces of a late Yayoi to early Kofun period cinnabar production site, located in the Suii neighborhood of the city of Anan, Tokushima on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
In China, the first documented use of cinnabar as a pigment was by the Yangshao culture (5000–4000 BC), where it was used to paint ceramics, to cover the walls and floors of rooms, and for ritual ceremonies. [19] The principal source of cinnabar for the ancient Romans was the Almaden mine in northwest Spain, which was worked by prisoners.
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) (Cinnabar goatfish) Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) (Indian goatfish) Parupeneus insularis Randall & Myers, 2002 (Twosaddle goatfish) Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) (Jansen's goatfish) Parupeneus louise Randall, 2004; Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801) (Long-barbel goatfish)
Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea.It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce. [2]
Parupeneus heptacanthus, commonly known as cinnabar goatfish, and sold in UK as "Red Mullet", is a goatfish native to the western Pacific and Indian oceans. [ 2 ] Parasites
Rhododendron cinnabarinum (朱砂杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to eastern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, southeastern Tibet, and southwest China, where it grows at altitudes of 1,900–4,000 m (6,200–13,100 ft).