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Can cinnabar be used as jewelry?
Cinnabar can be made into jewelry.

Cinnabar can be made into bracelets. In recent years, many people like to wear cinnabar ornaments, especially cinnabar bracelets, which are loved by many ladies. Cinnabar jewelry has been a kind of jewelry since ancient times, and both men and women can wear it. The cinnabar bracelet is red, representing good luck and happiness. But cinnabar was not striking red at first.

On the deposit, due to the different associated minerals, the color is different, and it is similar to pig liver red in general. After several processes, such as crushing, grinding, magnetic separation and water flying, the redder cinnabar was gradually obtained. At this time, it shows the true color of cinnabar, but cinnabar has a certain friction, which may have a certain impact on the skin. If you feel that it has little effect on yourself, you can still wear it for a long time.

Brief introduction of cinnabar

Cinnabar, also known as ghost fairy cinnabar, cinnabar, red lead and mercury sand, is a kind of mercury sulfide (HgS) mineral. It contains 86.2% mercury and is the main mineral raw material for mercury smelting. Its crystal can be used as an important material of laser technology and a Chinese herbal medicine. China used it as an important raw material for an alchemist in ancient times. In the past, Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan Province) was named after the best quality.

The crystal belongs to the tripartite system and is homogeneous with the black Cinnabar of the equiaxed system. Often rhombic or short column-shaped; Common in bimorphs. Parallel cylinders split perfectly. Aggregates are granular, massive or membranous. Mohs hardness is 2.5 and specific gravity is 8. 10. The color is often red, and the crystal surface has red stripes and is translucent.

Pure cinnabar is diamond luster and vermilion; When containing impurities, the luster is dull and reddish brown. It is a typical low-temperature hydrothermal mineral, and its genesis is related to modern volcanism. China is a major producer of cinnabar, mainly produced in Xinhuang, Hunan and Tongren, Guizhou. Other producing areas in the world are almaden, Udrio, California coastal mountains and so on.