English edit

Etymology edit

meta- +‎ cinnabar

Noun edit

metacinnabar (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A isometric-hextetrahedral form of the mineral, cinnabar, containing mercury and sulfur and ranging from black to grayish white.

References edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Metacinnabar”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.