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Liquid mercury under Mexican pyramids

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Ancient Mesoamericans could produce liquid mercury by heating mercury ore, known as cinnabar, which they also used for its blood-red pigment. They then put the liquid mercury in the tomb. /thread

haha, we all knew that.
 
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Used to play with the stuff in my 20's in chemistry labs. Probably will kill me before I'm 50 - oh wait, that was many years ago. Recall having a quart of it in a plastic jar. Like to couldn't lift it.
 
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