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Kermes vermilio

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Kermes vermilio is a species of Kermes that feeds on trees. Some of the species are used to make vermilion; though a mineral form used in many cultures and discovered at a similar time is cinnabar (crystallized HgS, mercury sulfide).[1] For details of further chemical alternatives see vermilion.

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The word (and dye) crimson is a corruption-derivative of kermes the organism's genus, chiefly referring to its other species.[2]

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