瑪瑙天珠 (Chung dZi) 4000 BC - 1850 AD

天然瑪瑙類天珠 4000B.C. – 1850A.D

從古至今，人們都普遍認為，佩戴珠飾除了美觀之外，還有護身、辟邪和帶來好運。古時，每一種不同物質做成的珠子，背後定有一個動人的神話故事。天然的瑪瑙珠，具多種顏色，有些更具天然的圖騰，在先民的眼中無疑也是天賜的聖物。天然帶眼形圖騰的瑪瑙，亦被藏民視為品位比天珠較低的天珠族類(dZi-tshang)。天然生成帶有完整的天珠圖騰的瑪瑙珠，其實比天珠還要罕有，品位的高低，只因大多數人不同的品味和對物件的認知不同所導致。

---摘自《天珠探秘叢書》﹙1﹚〈藏傳天珠 . 源起 . 真品天珠鑑賞〉

Natural Agate dZi (ChaungdZi) 3000 B.C. - 1850 A.D

Since ancient times, people generally thought that wearing bead accessories not only for the outlook, it is also an amulet, it can help get rid of evils and bring good luck. In the olden days, each different material of the bead carried a very touching myth behind. There are many different colours in natural agates, some of them have natural totem patterns as well, in the eyes of the ancestors, it was undoubtedly sacred present from Heaven. The natural line-eye totem agate was being categorized as dZi-tshang, which is lower grade than dZi by the Tibetans. The natural agates which carried complete dZi totem are in fact even rarer than dZi, thus whether the gradings are high or low is due to the majority people have different tastes and the perception on the object. Among all friends, quite a lot of them still adored the natural agate bead with totems, some of them requested S.C. to write something about the natural agate beads, unfortunately this is not yet within the writing plan of S.C., perhaps several years later, when everything is ready then it will be reconsidered. The agate beads below are mostly from West Asia, some individual ones are from South Asia and Tibet.      

---Exploring Mystic dZi Series(1) -Tibetan dZi.Origination.Authentic dZi Appreciation