Cinnabar should be admired from a distance and never handled without protective measures. 3. Galena A lead-based mineral, galena is often admired for its shiny, cubic structure. While it looks ...

The fourth national cultural relics census has uncovered three ancient sites from the Pre-Qin period (Prior to 221BC) and Han ...

The trace found suggests that a mining technique using fire was used during the late Yayoi Pottery Cultural Period (1000 B.C.

which is a mineral of beauteous shining rcd color, and is an ore of mercury or quicksilver. Artificially prepared cinnabar is much preferred to the native; as a pigment, because of its freedom ...

AUSTIN, Texas, April 6 -- The recent discovery of rich deposits of cinnabar or quicksilver in ... as these lands are situated in the heart of the new mineral district. Considerable development ...