Cinnabar or ‘Cinnabarite’ is one of the few crystals you want to wash your hands after handling. This is because of its Mercury content. Typically, it is unnecessary with the tumbled and polished version but maybe just to be safe, wash up!

Anyway, Cinnabar is known as a stone of prosperity and it can teach us how to manifest energy into its physical form. It was often used in alchemy and magic ceremonies in the days of old because it was thought to affect the transformation of energy. It can increase one’s kundalini energy and encourages the flow of Chi throughout the body.