Summer Sale! Enjoy 30% Discount At Checkout
Ancient Dzi Shop
Rare Chalcedony Agate Bracelet with Cinnabar Bloodspots, 18 Beads, 10×9mm, dusty mauve-rose (N-030526-CB)
Rare Chalcedony Agate Bracelet with Cinnabar Bloodspots, 18 Beads, 10×9mm, dusty mauve-rose (N-030526-CB)
We never retouch our photos. What you see is exactly what you will receive.
Every bead in this bracelet has a different interior — the banding moves through each one in its own direction, at its own pace.
The base colour of this chalcedony is unlike anything else in the collection: a muted dusty mauve-rose, sitting between pale purple and soft rose, semi-translucent in strong light. In Images 4 through 9 you can see light passing partially through the beads, revealing the internal banding structure — warm brown to rust-brown organic sweep lines that move through the interior of the stone rather than across its surface. Each of the 18 beads carries this banding in a unique configuration. Some beads show a single fine hairline stripe crossing diagonally. Others carry broader diffuse warm-brown zones that spread across an entire face. Others still show multiple overlapping bands converging at irregular angles. No two are the same, and the bracelet as a whole reads as a continuous sequence of individual geological events held together on a single cord.
The cinnabar (硃砂/zhūshā) bloodspot inclusions are the defining authentication feature of this bracelet. Cinnabar is mercuric sulfide (HgS) — a naturally occurring mineral that forms within agate over geological time when mercury and sulfur are present during the stone's formation. It cannot be synthesised within the stone after the fact. On this bracelet, the cinnabar appears as concentrated deep rust-brown to dark brown-red inclusion masses — visible on multiple beads in the close-up images as distinct darker zones within or alongside the broader warm banding. Images 7 and 9 show the clearest examples: individual beads with dense, irregular deep brown-red cinnabar masses that are unmistakably different in character from the sweeping natural banding. These are inclusions within the agate body, not surface marks, not paint, not treatment.
The bead form is a cushion-barrel — a rounded square cross-section with softly rounded edges and faces, slightly wider than tall at 10.0mm × 9.0mm. All 18 beads are closely matched in size. The surface is highly glossy throughout, confirming good material quality and consistent finishing. The bracelet is strung on elastic cord and sized for standard adult wrist wear.
This is a natural stone bracelet — not a dzi bead, not an etched agate. The bloodspot inclusions are entirely geological in origin, formed within the chalcedony during its natural growth. The mauve-rose ground colour, the organic internal banding, and the cinnabar inclusions are all properties of the raw material itself. What you see in the photographs is what the stone is.
Cinnabar Bloodspots in Natural Chalcedony
Cinnabar (硃砂/zhūshā) inclusions in natural agate and chalcedony are among the most prized and least common geological features in the gemstone collecting world. Mercuric sulfide — the mineral compound that produces cinnabar — forms within the agate during its original growth phase, requiring a specific combination of mercury, sulfur, temperature, and geological time. The resulting inclusions range in colour from bright vermilion through rust-orange to deep brown-red, depending on the concentration and age of the deposit. In Tibetan and Chinese collecting tradition, cinnabar inclusions in natural stone are considered highly auspicious — signs of a stone with exceptional vitality, accumulated earth energy, and a deep connection to the geological forces that shaped it. Finding this level of bloodspot inclusion in a chalcedony bracelet of 18 matched beads is genuinely unusual.
Spec Block
Material: Natural chalcedony agate with cinnabar (硃砂/zhūshā) bloodspot inclusions; dusty mauve-rose ground; warm brown to rust-brown organic banding; deep rust-brown to dark brown-red cinnabar inclusion masses Bead Count: 18 beads Bead Size: 10.0mm × 9.0mm Bead Form: Cushion-barrel; rounded square cross-section, softly rounded edges and faces Surface: Highly glossy; semi-translucent in strong light Stringing: Elastic cord; standard adult wrist sizing Bloodspots: Yes — concentrated deep rust-brown to dark brown-red cinnabar (硃砂/zhūshā) inclusion masses; visible on multiple beads; geological in origin; not surface-applied Product ID: N-030526-CB Collection: Natural Stone Collection | Bloodspot Collection
You May Also Like
- At-092724-2EBS — Antique Two Eye Dzi, extreme cinnabar bloodspot saturation, 41.0mm × 13.0mm
- At-043026-GT — Antique Green Tara Dzi with Bloodspots, 41.4mm × 12.0mm
- At-053026-DB2E — Antique Double Bat & Two Eye Dzi with Bloodspots, 28.8mm × 12.0mm
- At-101624-FLB — Antique Four Leaf Bodhi Dzi with Bloodspots, 35.7mm × 12.1mm
- At-082524-DS — Antique Diamond Spear Carnelian Dzi with Bloodspots, 40.5mm × 13.1mm
Blog Links
- Cinnabar Bloodspots in Dzi Beads: What They Are and Why They Matter
- What Are Dzi Beads? History, Meaning & Authentication
Eighteen beads, eighteen different interiors — dusty mauve-rose chalcedony with cinnabar running through every one of them.
We never retouch our photos. What you see is exactly what you will receive.
📷 We never retouch our photos. Every bead is photographed exactly as it is. What you see is what you receive.
Hashtags #chalcedonybracelet #bloodspotchalcedony #cinnabar #硃砂 #naturalstone #agatebeads #cinnabarincluions #mauverose #bloodspotagate #naturalgemstone #ancientdzishop #N030526CB #authenticgemstone #geologicalgem #tibetangemstone
Couldn't load pickup availability
Share
