Assorted Gemstones

duobao — “many treasures”

Assorted Gemstones rough specimen on dark stone
Provenance
Gathered across continents
Mineral family
A composition, not a mineral — many stones, one strand
Hardness
Varies by stone — strung to wear
Energy
Abundance — The full-table frequency — plenty, in every color.
The duobao — “many treasures” — is a form, not a material: the Qing court strung dozens of different gems on one thread so that no fortune would be missing from it. Turquoise beside amethyst beside tiger eye beside pearl; every bead a different mineral, every strand a small museum.
“In the old courts they strung a hundred treasures on one thread — that fortune miss nothing.”Qing court lore · 多宝串
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