Re: Cinnabre et Mercure, french style

From: Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_Qsq5cxeo-TZ3FcBTOrxEGlGlfaKVES1dCdkE7AyrgsdPgPgQ55iTVk0ZpUBsJmgk6q>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:53:15 -0500

Gloranthan metals are not identical to their Earthly counterparts, and have different properties. Quicksilver (sa-metal in Gloranthan) is naturally liquid, and comes from the bones (or blood, maybe) of sea gods killed during the God Time. Aliminum is the enchanted version of Quicksilver. I don't believe Quicksilver is poisonous, unlike Mercury. This is off the top of my headl when I can lay my hands on my copy of Elder Secrets, I'll let you know.

Other dirreferences in metals:
Bronze is the bones of Air Gods, and can be found naturally, not as an alloy like terrestrial bronze.
Iron is an artificial metal, created by the Dwarves to work against their enemies, Trolls and Elves. If they;d known that humans would have been such a bother they'd have made it work against humans.

Gold is the bones of Sky Gods. Enchanted Gold glows.

Guy

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:19 AM, roadsgoeveron <daveolloyd_at_MRs57YHvzG33rBSGeUPT-M3ssb_Asl2r91fC_Bo0jwLROqLphzKxfZUm1RmKYgqOPcjlAwXYhwQGavSfwg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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>
> Hi!
>
> Why is quicksilver not refined from cinnabar? I would have said that the
> essence of the sea gods was imprisoned in a matrix of earth but can be freed
> and allowed to resume its natural form by conducting the proper rituals.
> Of course, there are presumably "pure" deposits (probably of aluminum)
> where the gods' bones retain their original form, but those are probably
> fairly rare.
>
> Thanks,
> David.
>
>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com<WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Of course, Gloranthan metals are only approximately like their earthly
> > counterparts. Gloranthan quicksilver (called sa-metal) doesn't come from
> > cinnabar, and Gloranthan alumin(i)um (lo-metal) isn't created the same
> way
> > earthly alumin(i)um is; they're two different forms of the same metal,
> like
> > water and ice, in a way.
> >
> > This is probably explained in an email I haven't read yet, but it was
> > descibed in detail in "Elder Secrets". Has it been reprinted elsewhere?
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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