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- noun mineralogy A
isometric -hextetrahedral form of themineral ,cinnabar , containingmercury andsulfur and ranging from black to grayish white.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Aged fillings, however, typically contain a form of mercury, called beta-mercuric sulfide or metacinnabar, which is unlikely to be toxic in the body.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Aged fillings, however, typically contain a form of mercury, called beta-mercuric sulfide or metacinnabar, which is unlikely to be toxic in the body.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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While the fresh fillings contained metallic mercury, which can be toxic, aged fillings contained a form of mercury called beta-mercuric sulfide or metacinnabar which is unlikely to be toxic in the body.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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While the fresh fillings contained metallic mercury, which can be toxic, aged fillings contained a form of mercury called beta-mercuric sulfide or metacinnabar which is unlikely to be toxic in the body.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Minor sources include the black or gray sulphide, metacinnabar, the native metal, and the white mercurous chloride, calomel.
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Or alternatively, it may be mercury lost prior to formation of the metacinnabar through various types of exposures, "said George.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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"Possibly this missing mercury is in the less toxic form of mercury (metacinnabar) abraded from the surface of the filling.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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"Possibly this missing mercury is in the less toxic form of mercury (metacinnabar) abraded from the surface of the filling.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Or alternatively, it may be mercury lost prior to formation of the metacinnabar through various types of exposures, "said George.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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