Cinnabar is mainly produced in Huangxian County, Hunan Province and Youyang, Sichuan Province. Longxikou in Huangxian County, Hunan Province has the best quality and is regarded as an authentic medicinal material.
Cinnabar, the scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a sulfide mineral, cinnabar cinnabar, which mainly contains mercury sulfide (HgS). After digging, select pure ones, use magnets to absorb iron-containing impurities, and then wash away miscellaneous stones and sediment with water.
Cinnabar powder, take cinnabar, use a magnet to absorb iron filings, or follow the water flying method (mineral medicine is ground under wet conditions, and then suspended in water by powders with different thicknesses to obtain ultrafine powder. ) flying in water, drying or drying below 40℃. It is vermilion fine powder, light in weight, free of granular substances when pinched by fingers, and free of iron powder when sucked by magnets. A slight breath, a faint taste.
Daily maintenance of cinnabar bracelet;
1, to avoid scratches. Cinnabar is not very hard, so you should pay attention to avoid collision and scratch when wearing it. When not in use, it should be wrapped with soft objects for protection or stored in a soft jewelry box.
2. Try to avoid heat sources. Such as sunlight, stoves, electric heaters, etc. Because cinnabar will expand when heated, the increase of molecular volume will affect the quality of jade, and serious cracks will appear.
3, it is best to caress often, gently rub on your hands when you are free, or touch on your face, so that there will be no grease on the surface of the bracelet, which will be more quaint and elegant over the years.
4. After cinnabar bracelets are stained, they must not be soaked and washed with clear water. Because cinnabar is a granular aggregate composed of various minerals, if it is soaked and washed with water, the dirt on the surface of the gem will penetrate into the interior, thus changing the original luster of cinnabar. You can gently wipe off the dirt with a wet cloth, or find a professional jeweler to deal with it.