Cinnabar is a mineral and a medicinal material. The color of cinnabar varies from place to place. Bright red, bright red and dark red are more common. Because it is a mineral, there are many magazines about natural cinnabar. The most common colors of magazines are yellow, white and purple. Raw cinnabar is brittle than chalk because of its low hardness, so it is easily broken. In view of the above two points, raw cinnabar cannot be used as jewelry at all. On the other hand, cinnabar is not a valuable ornament, but it is not cheap. It takes a lot of materials to make ornaments with raw ore, and then it can be made into various complicated shapes. Its technical requirements are also very high, and its cost is unpredictable. Therefore, the mainstream practice in the market at present is to grind raw cinnabar into powder, purify it through technology, remove its toxicity, and then make it into various shapes! Several simple identification methods: First, the most commonly used one-knocking at the door. The real cinnabar jewelry, after knocking, has the same color inside and outside. Here are some precautions. Generally, the temperature is very high when drilling, because it rotates quickly when drilling. The cinnabar at the mouth of the cave will turn white at high temperature, otherwise it should be very uniform red. Also, if it is a plastic bead, the average bead will only flatten when it is smashed, and the real cinnabar will crack when it is smashed. Because many people believe in weight, many unscrupulous merchants will add a lot of industrial black lead in the production process, so the weight of jewelry will increase a lot. This kind of jewelry will see obvious black spots or blocks after being knocked open, and some will also add fluorescent powder. This phenomenon is called metallic flash. These are basically very few contents! Second, fire plastic ornaments will burn well, and they will melt and burn when lit with a lighter. There was almost nothing in the end. The real cinnabar will not burn completely after it is ignited. After the flame is extinguished, it will keep its shape without breaking, for example, a ball will keep its shape and so on. However, when they burn, they will smell a pungent smell. This is because the cinnabar ornaments should be shaped by adding some plant glue during the shaping process, otherwise the cinnabar ornaments will be easily broken. Third, the inspection method cinnabar is really not afraid of water, so it will not fade when it meets water. Take some water and put your cinnabar ornaments in it. After a period of time, what fades is the dyed fake, and what does not fade is the genuine. Be careful not to make shampoo, shampoo and the like, because these daily necessities contain chemicals that will corrode cinnabar. These are some simple identification methods. Finally, let me tell you the most confusing fake cinnabar. This kind of jewelry, the general merchant's banner is that the scraped powder is red, and if it is white, it is fake. The truth of the matter is that white is not necessarily fake, many of them are imitations. The craft of this kind of jewelry is the same as the red brick used to build a house. After cracking, it is also red, but generally the particles are obvious, the particles are very thick and large, and the weight is not light. Non-professionals are easily confused.