metacinnabar

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ cinnabar.

Noun

metacinnabar (uncountable)

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

References

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