Other Forms of Cinnabar
- Hepatic cinnabar is an impure variety from the mines of Idrija in the Carniola region of Slovenia, in which the cinnabar is mixed with bituminous and earthy matter.
- Metacinnabarite is a black-colored form of HgS, which crystallizes in the cubic form.
- Synthetic cinnabar is produced by treatment of Hg(II) salts with hydrogen sulfide to precipitate black, synthetic metacinnabarite, which is then heated in water. This conversion is promoted by the presence of sodium sulfide.
- Hypercinnabar, crystallised in the hexagonal form.
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