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Mineral Exchangescinnabar

4th May 2006 09:37 UTCDr Ananda Weerakkody

Hello friends,

I would appreciate very much if somebody can give me information as to how and where I can buy some bulk pure CINNABAR Mineral.

Who ever gives this information to me would be rewarded with some thing great to remember.


I am at; pitawala.micro@gmail.com or aasakuweer@yahoo.com.sg

10th Aug 2006 14:43 UTCWilliam G. Lyon

Are you looking for actual mineralogical cinnabar in some concentrated ore form, or would the synthetic pigment, vermillion suffice? Single crystal or powder? Some massive cinnabar specimens might be available from a few localities.


There probably are some University researchers out there who have prepared single-crystal synthetic cinnabar also; one would have to do a detailed search. The chemical, HgS, mercuric sulfide is readily available from Alfa Aesar.

10th Aug 2006 16:51 UTCCesar Menor-Salvan Expert

Hi


I have a lot of massive cinnabar mineral from Almaden (Spain). Maybe interesting for your purpose? how much you need?

28th Mar 2007 22:48 UTCTara

I want to buy on good size cinnabar mineral. Email me

22nd Apr 2007 09:22 UTCAnonymous User

I have some large Cinnabar crystals in pure white dolomite if any of you are interested in a trade.

1st May 2007 23:43 UTCRobert A Santee

Hi craig what would you like to get in trade for the cinnabar crystals in the dolomite.Also how big are the pieces thanks bob.

4th May 2007 06:23 UTCAnonymous User

Hi Robert,


I'm not sure just another medium size specimen of something else...make me an offer post a picutre of something.


Craig

4th May 2007 06:28 UTCAnonymous User

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4th May 2007 06:31 UTCAnonymous User

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2nd Mar 2012 02:32 UTCAlex Robinson

Hi there, I have a few Kg's of rough cinnabar from New Zealand if your interested. Cheers

Alex

2nd Mar 2012 09:20 UTCSTEFANO DEL MAGRO

Hi,


I have the samples of Cinnabar from:


Ripa mine xx TN size - Almaden xx MM s. - Bagnore (Monte Amiata-Italy) and Cerreto Piano (Grosseto) massive MM s.


If you are interested please send a mail to sdelmagro@cheapnet.it


Stefano

29th Apr 2012 15:44 UTCdavoud tisheh

Hi; I am interested in your cinnabar specimens,i have lots of specimens from Afganistan,Pakistan,India,mexico,lots of nice geods and so on to trade.send me some picturesto tcarchitectural@aol.com hand and cabinet sizes please

29th May 2012 05:29 UTCSTEFANO DEL MAGRO

Hi,


I have not pictures and cabinet sizes. Sorry.


I can offer you Micromount size and Cinnabar of Ripa is (xx), Thumbnail size.


Stefano

29th May 2012 10:15 UTCEvan Johnson

Dare I ask to what end someone needs "bulk" cinnabar?

29th May 2012 20:49 UTCRock Currier Expert

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I don't know his name, but here is a picture of a buyer of pure cinnabar in a little town near the cinnabar mines in China. The bowl is full of cinnabar "gravel".


30th May 2012 07:27 UTCHemant

Dear Sir,


I am in Spain for a few days(Malaga at the moment) and am interested in a few kilos of Cinnabar to take back with me as a sample.


Once this is approved, there may be further requirements. please let me know if it is possible to get 1-2kgs of Cinnabar and how I can contact you. My email address is hemant@resourceint.com.


Best Regards,

Hemant.

30th May 2012 10:27 UTCEvan Johnson

Thanks Rock for yet another interesting picture. I still wonder what the purpose of it is- as a pigment, it has been superseded by other compounds (and in any case, synthetic HgS would probably be better). My basic worry is it is eventually destined for human consumption in some manner- cinnabar itself isn't so dangerous, but intake of mercury in any form is not especially healthy.

30th May 2012 10:29 UTCEvan Johnson

And Hemant,

I am not sure that getting a few kilos of Spanish cinnabar is very realistic unless you are willing to pay quite a high price for it. There are still quite big reserves there, but there is to the best of my knowledge no current exploitation, and so production is nothing. Prices for material on, for example, eBay are relatively high for what are essentially ore samples compared to Chinese material.

Best,

EMJ

1st Jun 2012 00:04 UTCRock Currier Expert

Even,

I think there is still a certain amount of cinnabar lacquer work done in China, and that undoubtedly is where some of it will wind up. In addition, little square flat cleavage "tiles" of cinnabar are sold in the Chinese medicine market. Cinnabar has a very good cleavage, and from some of the larger crystals 1cm plus size? are broken down into little flat cleavage tiles. These are placed wall to wall in little bamboo double sided glass topped boxes that look a little bit like Reker mounts boxes. The ones I saw in china are small perhaps 3x3 inches, perhaps a little more. There were ones with large cinnabar tiles and ones with smaller ones. The larger ones were all over $100 each. I bought one of the ones with smaller cinnabar cleavages for about $60. I was told that the a person would take one of the little tiles and put it in tea, and the tea then acquired "healthful properties" Eventually the cinnabar tile would turn black and then all the "energy" had gone from it, and a new tile would have to be added to the tea. I suppose I could try and run down a source for cinnabar gravel, But I am sure that the cost would be in the $100 a pound range, and I am sure that they would not want to sell a small quantity of it. Then the cost of making an air shipment would be a minimum of $200 to $300 alone. Almost certainly not worth the trouble. If you could deal directly with the guy in the picture you could probably buy the cinnabar gravel for less than $20 per kg. But that's just a guess. I did not question him about the price or what he was paying the miners for it.

1st Jun 2012 04:50 UTCEvan Johnson

Thanks, as always, for the interesting insight, Rock.

Best,

EMJ

16th Dec 2012 05:42 UTCJai Kumar

Dear Cesar Menor,


We are very interested on Cinnabar ore from Almaden.

Pls advise us your detail spec and furnish us your offering for this item.


Best Regards,


Jai Kumar

Email : jai_kumar888@yahoo.com

16th Dec 2012 13:34 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Reiner, it will probably get used to make drinkable "elixirs" (not kidding) :-S
 
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