Cinnabar Necklace

I’ve had few cinnabar beads necklaces in the past but they all were with bigger beads. I like the smaller sizes on this one.
Never paid attention before but read in a seller description that the one with the shou characters are more rare than the one with floral motif. True?

 

Looks like the "fake" cinnabar ... red colored lacquer over a wood base.

 

Are there any beads or whatever made of 100% cinnabar. Like a piece carved of red mercuric sulphide ore?
I would distinguish between carved red lacquer over wood from the very modern molded resin pieces.
I consider cinnabar any object made with layers of lacquer colored with cinnabar powder. Over wood, over metal, porcelain etc. It may not be technically correct but I think that’s what cinnabar is known among collectors nowadays.
So, I would not call carved red lacquer fake cinnabar. To me fake is everything else that is make to resemble those.

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/i-learned-something-today-cinnabar.4051/

https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Cinnabar

 

Real or repro explains it the same way. Cinnabar colored lacquer. The fakes are plastic, molded, pressed, whatever ...
I always look for layers. If no layers, then likely “real repro”.