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Almadén
[ ahl-mah-then ]
noun
- a town in Spain: mercury mines.
Almadén
/ almaˈθen /
noun
- a town in S Spain: rich cinnabar mines, worked since Roman times. Pop: 6659 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
As Almadén’s importance grew, so did its infamy as a toxic place where prisoners and slaves withered away from mercury poisoning.
The world’s richest known cinnabar deposits can be found at Almadén in central Spain.
Almadén, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, reached its height in the 16th and 17th centuries, when liquid mercury extracted from cinnabar could be used to refine gold and silver ore that Spanish colonizers shipped back from the Americas.
There is here evidently confusion between Almagro and Almaden.
There seems to be considerable misunderstanding about the recent movement to take possession of the "New Almaden" mine.
The finest crystals of sulphuret of mercury come from China, and Almaden in Spain.
The average samples of cinnabar ore from Obermoschel are ten times poorer than those of Almaden.
In addition, small quantities of quicksilver and vermilion were made at Almaden.
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