Briar Rose
Hi everyone,
I found a huge chunck of Cinnabar (the size of a plum) when I was out for a walk with me and my dog. it is bright reddish- terra cotta. I had a geologist idenitify the rock. He said, and I also looked it up in my rock book that it has mercury in it, and that exposed to heat at 500 degrees, it releases the mercury. I won't put it nthe oven but-
Cinnabar isn't in Melody's dictionary on crystals.
And I am wondering about the dangers of mercury in Cinnabar? How does this effect touching the rock? Does the pulse of the rock, having mercury in it effect having it near crystals? Are we effected by it? I should really drop line to International Isotopes and see what they have to say, too.
I don't want to just go by- what ever feels good.
I know that just having vaseline glass in your house is BAD BAD BAD, like a backroom microwave on 24/7.
I found a huge chunck of Cinnabar (the size of a plum) when I was out for a walk with me and my dog. it is bright reddish- terra cotta. I had a geologist idenitify the rock. He said, and I also looked it up in my rock book that it has mercury in it, and that exposed to heat at 500 degrees, it releases the mercury. I won't put it nthe oven but-
Cinnabar isn't in Melody's dictionary on crystals.
And I am wondering about the dangers of mercury in Cinnabar? How does this effect touching the rock? Does the pulse of the rock, having mercury in it effect having it near crystals? Are we effected by it? I should really drop line to International Isotopes and see what they have to say, too.
I don't want to just go by- what ever feels good.
I know that just having vaseline glass in your house is BAD BAD BAD, like a backroom microwave on 24/7.