Which is better, purple sand or cinnabar powder?

Compared with vermilion powder, purple sand is better.

Red cinnabar is hard and rich in shape, so it will look beautiful when worn. However, the content of cinnabar in red cinnabar is lower than that of purple-gold sand, which is harder than the general cinnabar original stone and looks brighter as a whole because it has been refined through many processes.

Purple sand and red cinnabar are both a kind of cinnabar. Purple sand is pressed by raw ore particles, and red cinnabar is extracted by water flying. Both are cinnabar. The content of purple sand is generally higher than that of red cinnabar, and the color depends on personal preference. The market generally believes that purple sand is better. The mainstream cinnabar ornaments are powder pressed, including purple gold sand and red sand. Because cinnabar itself is brittle and has low hardness, the original stone cinnabar will be broken carelessly, and minerals will naturally fall off.

Cinnabar classification

Cinnabar is mainly divided into four categories, namely cinnabar powder, cinnabar powder, raw cinnabar and reduced sand. Cinnabar powder is usually used as medicine or pigment, and cinnabar powder includes purple sand and red sand. Red sand is extracted from raw ore, and its content is lower than that of Zijin sand. Raw cinnabar can be divided into raw cinnabar, bloodstone, crystal cinnabar and rootless sand. Among them, crystal cinnabar has the highest value, almost no impurities, good appearance and high permeability. The reduced sand is manually reduced with mercury and has a smooth surface.

The most intuitive difference between purple sand and cinnabar is that cinnabar is red, and purple sand is purple in the sun. Moreover, in terms of price, purple sand is slightly more expensive than cinnabar, which is a Chinese herbal medicine and an important raw material for ancient alchemy. Zijin sand is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which has roots in medicine.