[Rockhounds] How Toxic is Cinnabar? (Mercury sulfied)

Fri Feb 1 18:31:16 PST 2008

Dentist have and continue to use, TOXIC SILVER MERCURY AMALGAM tooth fillings and have been doing so?for over 100 years and that is the SAD SAD truth -

The government says it is ok but is slowly phasing it out of our society, silently...??

Can you imagine the law suits, if the government?admitted the truth of their stupidity?!

The reason mercury was used with silver is because mercury makes a nice soft amalgam?for pounding the filling securely into the tooth?-

The only other metal that could used was and is still gold - 

But gold was too expensive for the masses and dentist knew they need a cheap readily available metal to fill teeth with, whether the tooth had a cavity or not -

As many as 1 million mercury fillings and other fillings are falsely?placed per year / fillings?that are NOT NEEDED, in order to fill the pockets of dentist with money !!!
?
The dentist know that they make up their own dental rules,?people are basically sitting ducks in the dental chairs and are manipulated continually !!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sigouin <marksigouin at verizon.net>
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>; Mark Sigouin <marksigouin at verizon.net>
Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 7:01 am
Subject: Re: Re: [Rockhounds] How Toxic is Cinnabar? (Mercury sulfied)

Steve,

This is from the MINDAT mineral database web site:

"Health Warning: Contains mercury - always wash hands after handling. Do not 
inhale dust and use caution when breaking. Do not lick or ingest. Do not heat in 
unventilated environment - emits toxic Hg fumes. Mercury Sulfide is, however, 
relatively insoluble and toxicity of the pure material is low. But be aware that 
many samples of Cinnabar, especially those which are 'massive' rather than 
crystalline, also contain traces of native mercury, and this is far more easily 
absorbed by the body. 

Industrial Uses: Principal ore of mercury. Used as a cosmetic pigment in ancient 
times."

I know the environmental impacts of the Spanish Almadine Cinnebar Mining 
District have caused those mines to shut down.  This is proably not because of 
the mercury.  The sulfide causes Acid Drainage which is devastating 
environmentally.  

My mineralogy professor told us to wash our hands for this and many other 
minerals like orpiment and realgar just to name a few.  Basically, always wash 
your hands when you handle minerals.  They can be the concentration of a 
material you don't want in your body.  

I rotate my specimen in the display cabinette like all the rest of the minerals 
I have.  When not in the cabinette, I keep it in a plastic bag, and in a glass 
jar.  I don't want my 3 year old granddaughter that loves every rock I have to 
have a taste.  

Some people take risks.  They smoke, they drink, they do all sorts of things 
that can kill them.  So, you will have to judge for yourself.   

Mark

>From: Mark Sigouin <marksigouin at verizon.net>
>Date: 2008/01/30 Wed AM 08:28:22 CST
>To: 
    "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
>Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] How Toxic is Cinnabar? (Mercury sulfied)

>
>>From: Steve Shimatzki <sjs132 at accesstoledo.com>
>>Date: 2008/01/30 Wed AM 08:28:22 CST
>>To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
>>Subject: [Rockhounds] How Toxic is Cinnabar? (Mercury sulfied)
>
>>Recently, I bought a specimen at an estate sale (Claude S. Bullen 
>>Collection)   of "Cinnabar in Opalite."  I bought it because I don't 
>>have any and it was pretty cool looking.  When I got it home and I 
>>was explaining to my wife that Mercury comes from Cinnabar, she then 
>>got worried about the children.   I didn't think anything of it, till 
>>I started to do some searches.  Here I find conflicting information:
>>
>>"Body temperature is often enough to vaporize the mercury out of the 
>>rock and this gas can be absorbed through the skin. " 
>>(http://www.open-adit.com/mineralinfo/cinnabar.php)
>>
>>"A couple of decades ago, mercury was discovered to be very toxic for 
>>any sort of contact with the human skin. So it has not been as 
>>commonly used as it once 
>>was..."   (http://www.minerals-n-more.com/Cinnabar_Info.html)
>>
>>"In the past some have raised health concerns about wearing cinnabar 
>>of any kind next to the skin. Personally it doesn't worry me: the 
>>amount absorbed by the body even over a long period will likely be 
>>much less than the amount I received from many mercury-silver 
>>amalgalm tooth fillings and the large amounts of pure mercury I 
>>played with as a kid."  - 
>>(http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=56535)
>>
>>So, any definitive word?  Should I have this double bagged/sealed and 
>>out of direct sunlight and heat?   I'm assuming that cabbing and 
>>polishing it would probably not be good, either then... But the 
>>pictures of the pieces under the "pricescope" link above, look nice 
>>and I briefly thought about working it.    All that and more... My 
>>REAL Fear is that any increased heat of the specimen will vaporize 
>>the mercury and my 2 young children would be exposed.   Possible, or 
>>just overreacting dad because of worrisome mom?
>>
>>I'm leaning towards that last part right now, but I would appreciate 
>>anyone's opinion to calm down my other half.
>>
>>Thanks
>>  -Steve
>>
>>
>>Stephen Shimatzki
>>sjs132 at accesstoledo.com
>>http://www.shimatzki.com 
>>
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