ROCK FACT #1
Let's see how this goes. Okay. Cinnabar is a lovely red rock/mineral/gemstone found in/near volcanoes. It's name is ancient Persian for "Dragon's blood." Malachite is a green gem similar to jade, but when left near seawater, it changes to Lazurite, a beautiful dark blue form of Malachite. Leanardo Da Vinchi's colors were made of: White: Lead left to flake in horse manure. Red: Crushed Cinnabar found in a volcano. Green: Malachite ground to a powder. Light Blue: Lazurite ground to a powder. Ultramarine: Lapis Lazuli ground to a powder. Bonus fact: The largest gold nugget ever to be found was the Wellcome Stranger nugget, found on 5 February 1869 by Cornish miner John Deason, who was working in Bulldog Gully, near Moliagul in central Victoria. While searching around the roots of a tree he discovered, 3 cm below the surface, a gold nugget. The Wellcome Stranger nugget he found weighed 72kg. Let me know in the comments if I should do this again!
