Cinnabar covered with bright red powder made from cinnabar. The most popularly known use of cinnabar is in Chinese carved lacquerware, a technique that apparently originated in the Song dynasty. The danger of mercury poisoning may be reduced in ancient lacquerware by entraining the powdered pigment in lacquer, but could still pose an environmental hazard if the pieces were accidentally destroyed. In the modern jewelry industry, the toxic pigment is replaced by a resin-based polymer that approximates the appearance of pigmented lacquer. Two female mummies dated A.D. 1399 to 1475 found in Cerro Esmeralda in Chile in 1976 had clothes colored
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