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What is Tibetan Tiantie

Tian Tie is known as "Tuo Jia" in Tibetan, which translates to "Heavenly Iron" or "Thunder Stone".

The Tibetan tradition explains as the iron that descends when thunder strikes and is buried underground for a long time without rusting, showing various shapes and colors.

The same Buddhist holy relics to ward off evil spirits, and dzi beads are different, dian iron belongs to the metal jewelry, its composition is mainly a combination of iron, nickel, silver and other metals, so dian iron is also known as meteorite iron.