In our culture, many people like to wear jewelry made of cinnabar, which has many beautiful meanings to drive away some bad things, because cinnabar has a strong positive magnetic field.
Taoists, Buddhists, emperors and people all regard cinnabar as an auspicious thing.
Cinnabar, also known as ghost fairy cinnabar, cinnabar, red lead and mercury sand, is a kind of mercury sulfide (HgS) mineral. It contains 86.2% mercury and is the main mineral raw material for mercury smelting. Its crystal can be used as an important material for laser technology.
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China is one of the countries that produce the most ghost fairy cinnabar in the world. The main producing areas are eastern Guizhou and western Hunan, which are famous for their good quality and large quantity. Most of the ore produced is transported to Chenxi in western Hunan and then sold all over the country. Chenxi became the main distribution center of cinnabar at that time, and a "cinnabar" came from it.
The world's largest cinnabar crystal is the "King of Cinnabar", which was found in 1980 Wanshan mercury mining area in eastern Guizhou. Length10.8cm, width 4.4cm, height 4.2cm, net weight 237g ... Now it is collected in China, Beijing and geological museum.