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

[Axel Emmermann]

> where they 
> discovered afterwards that under the wooden floor he worked 
> on day after day there was about 20-30 kg mercury floating 
> around. So his has been exposed during 20-30 years to an 
> atmosphere totally saturated with mercury. 

The autopsy showed that his specific gravity was 8 g/cm³ ;-)))
Ouch, what a silly way to get sick...

Axel