Fascinating.
Link to full paper below:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.986119/full
To: logi_cal869
They were using it to recover gold just as the Incas used it duuuhhh Andes are full of ancient Inca cinnabar ore mines
To: logi_cal869; SunkenCiv
3 posted on
09/26/2022 8:47:01 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
To: logi_cal869
Was interesting until I saw, "third century CE"..
I have seen about this a few ago on some docuseries though. Something about the either the Mayans or the Aztecs having underground caves shining and shimmering full of mercury.
5 posted on
09/26/2022 9:19:13 PM PDT by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
To: logi_cal869
Just how the Maya got their hands on this purified form of the element – whether through trade or their own methods of chemistry – is still something of a mystery.No mystery!
When I was in 5th grade, I heated some cinnabar in a test tube, over an open flame, to yield a few droplets of liquid mercury.
One can even use the heat of a magnifying glass.
Bad reporter -> bad reporting.
Regards,
8 posted on
09/27/2022 1:17:39 AM PDT by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: logi_cal869
“Long before conquistadors from far-off lands introduced the decay of war and disease. Yeah, no war or disease until the Euros showed up. Those bastards!
To: logi_cal869
From Gold extraction.
Even today Mercury is used in 3rd world countries to extract Gold.
15 posted on
09/27/2022 8:56:23 AM PDT by
Zathras
To: logi_cal869
I thought it was because they had runners delivering fresh fish from the ocean.
16 posted on
09/27/2022 6:59:40 PM PDT by
DannyTN
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