(Internal #V-498)  You are bidding on a beautiful, handmade, red Cinnabar ball pendant, 28.7 mm diameter, with decorative silver metal alloy cap and bail.  Measures 2-1/2” long from top of bail (loop) to bottom, mounted on a necklace of cinnabar round 16 mm beads and silver alloy caps and spacer beads, safety closure; measures 22” long. This  is a lovely necklace!

Isn't the ore CINNABAR toxic?  Indeed it is!  The mercury in cinnabar is what caused hat makers more than a century ago to go mad (i.e. "mad hatter" as in Alice in Wonderland).  Later, cinnabar was ground up, filtered to remove toxins, and used as a pigment in artist's oil paint called "burnt sienna".    Today, when you see cinnabar beads, boxes or vases, etc. the only link to cinnabar is the color, as cinnabar is not used in the burnt sienna color any longer.  The beads are actually carved of a lightweight WOOD, with a burnt sienna paint which is then lacquered.

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