The name "cinnabar" might make you think this mineral has something to do with cinnamon. But in fact, the word is derived from the Arabic word zinjafr and the Persian word zinjirfrah, which means "dragon's blood." This mineral is certainly blood red, but from dragons, it is not!
They have the tense confused. It doesn't come from dragons; dragons come from it.
07-23-2025, 01:07 PM
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