Cinnabar, New, Coin Shape with Detailed Floral Designs, 30mm Diameter, Sold by Pair

ASP-70

Regular price $5.00

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  • These beads are priced and sold by the pair
  • New Cinnabar, coin shapes 30mm diameter with detailed floral designs
  • These are big and bold enough to serve as necklace centerpieces
  • Limited availability
  • Real cinnabar comes from mercury bearing ore and has been used for hundreds of years as a pigment for coloring various substances, especially lacquer. Cinnabar products including beads used to be made of wood covered by many coats of this red lacquer, which was then carved with floral, geometric designs or auspicious symbols.
  • Both because of the health dangers of mercury and the high cost of the lacquering and carving process, today’s cinnabar beads are made from a substance like polymer clay.