Does cinnabar contain nickel?

Question

Its also known as Cinnabarite. The structure is:
HgS adopts two structures, i.e. it is dimorphous.[1] The more stable form is cinnabar, which has a structure akin to that for HgO: each Hg center has two short Hg-S bonds (2.36 Å), and four longer Hg---S contacts (3.10, 3.10, 3.30, 3.30 Å). The black form of HgS has the zinc blende structure.

But I didnt understand it much.

Answer 1

Cinnabar 1. A crystallized red mercuric sulfide, HgS, the chief ore of mercury. 2. A mixture formed by subliming mercury and sulfur, known as artificial cinnabar.
Nickel occures most usually in a combination with sulfur and iron. The only viable deposit of nickel found in the U.S. is or was in Riddle, Or. Most nickel used in the U.S. comes from Canada, Russia and New Zeland.

Answer 2

HgS is Mercury sulfide.

All that is saying is that the different forms of HgS have bond patterns similar to other compounds. And its giving you the lengths of the bonds in Angstroms (which is the unit for atomic measurement).

You can find it in 2 forms: Cinnabar which is red and used for jewelry, pigments, and mercury has a bond pattern similar to Mercury oxide. So the S is bonding to the Mercury like O does to Mercury. In the second black form, which is rare and used for pigments, the S is bonding to the Mercury as Zinc would to Mercury.

The element symbol for Nickel is Ni so no this does not contain nickel.