Beautiful Carved Blue Turquoise Cinnabar Focal Beads
Made In China
18-20mm Long Tapered Tube Shape
Four Beads
- Detailed and eye-catching carved Chinese beads in a neat tapered tube shape. Use as a striking centerpiece of a necklace, or make a pair of earrings.
- Chinese style carvings around entire bead.
- All modern Cinnabar is either a polymer resin coating on wood, or solid resin. Our Cinnabar is solid resin. Please see our notes at bottom of listing for the full story.
- Measurements: 18-20mm Long, 11mm wide, tapering to 9mm wide. Drilled from top to bottom as shown in photo. Hole is approximately 2mm in diameter. No two beads exactly alike in color or size. All measurements approximate, may vary by 1-2 millimeters.
- Four Cinnabar tapered rectangle focal beads.
About Cinnabar:
Cinnabar was first used in China in lacquerware to give wood a red coating. It was originally composed of highly toxic Red Mercury Sulfide. True Cinnabar can no longer be made because it is extremely dangerous. In the modern jewelry industry, the toxic pigment is replaced by a resin-based polymer that approximates the appearance of pigmented lacquer. This is sometimes called "imitation" cinnabar, but it is actually the only cinnabar you will find on the market today. Because it is made of resin now, artisans are experimenting with different colors, which is where this brilliant turquoise blue comes from.
