- Cinnabar is a mineral composed of mercury sulfide ($\text{HgS}$). - An ore is a natural occurrence of a rock or sediment which contains sufficient minerals with economically important elements, metals or gems. - Cinnabar is the primary ore for the extraction of mercury.
Cinnabar is an ore of
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2022 · Topic: Metals, Minerals, Ores: Properties, Uses (Important ores of common metals (e.g., iron, aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, mercury) and their chemical formulae)
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