mtshal

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1) vermillion [rgya mtshal] med. mineral; 2) blood [h]; 3) red ink) [IW]

1) vermillion Rgya mtshal med. mineral [ro bska, zhu rjes bsil, nus pas rma 'brub, rus chag sbyor, rtza nad sel, glo ba dang, mchan pa'i tsha ba, mig nad bar 'grib bcas la phan]; 2) blood [h] [IW]

vermillion pigment, vermillion, chinese vermilion, SA sku mtshal, khrag, place in tibet [JV]

blood; vermilion [RY]

(med) Cinnabar, Mercury sulfide HgS. Synonyms : cog la/lcog la, cog la ma, mtshal dkar, rdo mtshal, rgya mtshal, da chu, ka shar na zer, tam ka na dang (Yeshi 2018). mtshal thal, Vermilion ash (Drungtso 1999). mtshal dkar, White cinnabar. (mtshal) bzos pa. Processed cinnabar. bod mtshal, Tibetan mercury (rather cinnabar than elemental mercury according to thangka image) (Phrin Las 1987). Principal ore of mercury (see dngul chu) and may be confused with litharge or minium (see li khri). Several mining sites in Central Tibet. Vermillion is artificially produced cinnabar. (mindat.org) Johannes Schmidt (talk) 21:24, 20 November 2021 (UTC)