Understanding Dzi Beads

Antique Tibetan three eye dzi bead with extreme cinnabar bloodspots, red inclusions scattered across the cream agate bands, dark brown ground, unretouched photo by Ancient Dzi Shop

Bloodspots on Dzi Beads: What Cinnabar Dots Are...

Bloodspots are natural cinnabar inclusions inside the agate of a dzi bead. Learn how they form, why they raise value, how to tell them from iron oxide fakes, and why...

Bloodspots on Dzi Beads: What Cinnabar Dots Are...

Bloodspots are natural cinnabar inclusions inside the agate of a dzi bead. Learn how they form, why they raise value, how to tell them from iron oxide fakes, and why...

Ancient Tibetan dzi with diamond eye and tiger tooth motif, pale cream and dark charcoal agate, Type II Tibetan etching, extreme age patina, Ancient Dzi Shop

Type I vs. Type II Dzi Beads: The Complete Guid...

By Ancient Dzi Shop | The Collector's Technical Guide to Dzi Bead Etching Of all the terminology that circulates in the dzi bead world, "Type I" and "Type II" are...

Type I vs. Type II Dzi Beads: The Complete Guid...

By Ancient Dzi Shop | The Collector's Technical Guide to Dzi Bead Etching Of all the terminology that circulates in the dzi bead world, "Type I" and "Type II" are...