Natural History (Pliny) developed for counterfeit coins and proved very popular with the victims, mostly ordinary people. He deals with the liquid metal mercury, also found in silver mines. He records that it is toxic, and amalgamates with gold, so is used for refining and extracting that metal. He says mercury is used for gilding copper, while antimony is found in silver mines and is used as an eyebrow cosmetic. The main ore of mercury is cinnabar, long used as a pigment by painters. He says that the colour is similar to "scolecium", probably the kermes insect. The dust is very toxic, so
Ore Raththam Ore Raththam Ore Raththam () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Swarnam and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Karthik, BhagyalakshmiMadhuri, Kishmu, Manorama, Pandian, Seetha, M. K. Stalin and Radha Ravi. It is based on Karunanidhi's story of the same name, which was serialised in the magazine "Kungumam". "Ore Raththam" was a story which was serialised in the magazine "Kungumam". The author M. Karunanidhi adapted it for the screen with the same title. His son Stalin made his cinematic acting debut with this film. The soundtrack was composed by Devendran. "Ore Raththam" was released on 8 May