C'mon folks, go to #MineralCup at https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-1-match-2 and put your vote in for #Quartz! Quartz is the working stiff of #Minerals, the everyman, it's the Joad family of minerals, basically. Sure #cinnabar is pretty, it's splashy, and is an important mercury ore mineral, it's worthy, but can you count on it when the chips are down and you need to build a road, or make a sandcastle? Why do these people hate #sandcastles? That's like hating #kittens. #MinCup23 #TeamQuartz

Cinnabar in Chinese folklore was associated with the Vermilion Bird of the South, and one of the main ingredients of immortality pills in Chinese alchemy (ironically, since it's toxic, and if you eat it you'll get the opposite of immortal...)

#folklore #cinnabar #MinCup23

There is an Oroqen folktale about a hero named Silteken, who goes out to avenge his father's death on a 100-eyed monster. He loses the first fight and dies.

However, his clever horse goes on a quest to kidnap a (willing) princess from her wedding along with her dowry of cinnabar, which can be used to bring the dead back to life.

Revived with cinnabar by his beloved, Silteken defeats the monster.

#folktales #folklore #cinnabar #MinCup23

There is a Japanese folktale about two brothers who go out to gather cinnabar every day from a pond.
The cruel younger brother decides he wants to keep all the valuable cinnabar to himself. He constructs a fake dragon from lacquered bowls to scare his elder brother away from the pond.

However, one day as he goes to collect cinnabar again, the dragon comes to life and swallows him.

#folktales #cinnabar #MinCup23

It’s #MinCup23 Round 1 Match 2!

It’s heavy-hitters #Cinnabar v #Quartz. We know you love them both, but you need to decide. One moves to Round 2. The other is eliminated, never to be seen in #MinCup again (unless it wins a future play-in round).

VOTE! https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-1-match-2