mtshal dkar

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མཚལ་དཀར
bright/ synthetic vermilion 1) red mule w white mixed; 2) med. mtshal dkar) [IW]

white paint [JV]

bright vermilion, also a synonym for synthetic vermilion [RY]

(med) Cinnabar, Mercury sulfide (HgS). Synonyms : cog la/lcog la, mtshal, rdo mtshal, rgya mtshal, da chu, ka shar na zer, tam ka na dang. 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, Yeshi 2018) Johannes Schmidt (talk) 21:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)