mercuric sulfide
noun
: an insoluble compound HgS occurring in nature as the red mineral cinnabar and the black mineral metacinnabar and also made synthetically in red and black forms
called also mercury(II) sulfide
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“Mercuric sulfide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercuric%20sulfide. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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