Chapter 1892: Colorful jade, a specialty of Baodao, is fake!
If you like collecting and picking up strange stones, then you must go to Treasure Island to see them.
Going there will definitely open your eyes.
There are too many strange stones in the treasure island, and Chen Wenzhe knows a lot of them.
Many people know about honeycomb stone, Fengling stone, dragon stone, iron pill stone, stone heart stone, etc.
Others are like rose stone, watermelon stone, chlorite, mica stone, cat stone, winter mountain stone, black stone, flower deer stone, toad stone, bamboo leaf stone, iron nail stone, etc., which are dazzling.
For those who like strange rocks, this place is simply a paradise for picking up strange rocks.
There is water in the mountains, mountains in the water, mountains in the sky, and water in the mountains.
The Alishan song is still singing, and the green mountains embrace the Sun Moon Lake.
Our country's treasure island has beautiful mountains and rivers, is surrounded by the sea, feels like spring all year round, and has abundant sunshine. It is one of the beautiful natural landscapes in the world for tourism.
Friends who like to travel will definitely miss Sun Moon Lake, Alishan, and Benbei Palace Museum.
Friends who like strange stones and jade are very fond of the jade, strange stones, agate and exquisite corals and clams on the island.
If you like strange stones, then you must know the types and distribution of jade and strange stones on the treasure island.
For example, the beautiful woman looking at the sea is a work carved from jade.
This kind of jade is called Chinese Toyota Jade, also known as Wanwan Jade.
It is mainly produced in Toyota, Shoufeng Township, and Xilin, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, so it is also called Toyota Jade and Hualien Jade.
If you have been to Hualien, you will find that there are Wanwanyu handicraft shops everywhere.
Historically, precious jade artifacts have been found in prehistoric sites in the Philippines, South Vietnam and other places.
However, after modern experts used precision instruments to detect their chemical composition, it was finally proven that they all came from Wanwan and belonged to Wanwan jade.
This kind of jade was formed in sedimentary rocks more than 100 million years ago, and it is mainly divided into tremolite jade.
Its density is .96 to 3.10, its hardness is 6 to 7.0, and it is opaque to translucent.
Because of its high hardness and the glossiness of some types, it is often used to pass off as jade.
The history of Wanwan Jade can be traced back to the Beinan Culture period more than 1,000 years ago.
The Beinan Culture originated on the north side of Nanwangzhuang, Beinan Township, Taitung County. As of 1988, tens of thousands of cultural relics have been unearthed. It is the largest and most complete prehistoric human site discovered in Taiwan Province.
The Wanwan Prehistoric Culture Museum has put 701 jade artifacts unearthed from the Beinan site on public display.
These jade articles include four cultural relics: human-animal-shaped jade rings, bell-shaped jade ornaments, trumpet-shaped jade rings and jade tubes. They are not only of excellent quality, but also very rare in quantity.
However, as time went by, the news that the Toyota area was rich in Wanwan jade was gradually forgotten by people.
It wasn't until 1933 that immigrants from Neon discovered a large amount of asbestos in Toyota.
Asbestos can be said to be a rare treasure, playing a very important role in business and military.
Neon merchants began to mine asbestos in the Takarashima Toyota area and sold all of it to Neon.
When mining asbestos, people in the mines have discovered a large amount of Wanwan jade.
However, due to lack of knowledge, it is just treated as a waste rock.
It wasn't until a jeweler from Neon discovered that flash jade was mined and utilized again.
In addition to ordinary flash jade, Toyota also produces relatively high-value cat's-eye jade.
This cat's eye jade is different from the chrysoberyl cat's eye we are all familiar with. It is a nephrite jade with a cat's eye effect.
Ordinary nephrite, waxy nephrite and glittering cat's eye are still very different.
The cat's eye stones produced on the treasure island are also available in green, honey and black colors.
In recent years, due to the increase in mining costs and uncontrolled mining, the local ore veins have been seriously damaged, and the price of Wanwan jade has also been increasing.
However, due to the influence of its jade quality, there will be black mineral spots and green markings on the surface of the jade. Even if the price rises, it is still much cheaper than the Hetian jade produced in Xinjiang.
In fact, in addition to Toyota jade, there are other jade varieties on the treasure island.
The most famous among them should be colorful jade, and the price is not cheap.
Friends who travel to Taiwan inevitably bring home some souvenirs. Friends often ask someone to identify colorful bottles of this kind.
Merchants will say that this kind of colorful bottle is made from colorful jade, a specialty of Baodao.
Moreover, current merchants also promote it as the first of Baodao's three famous stones, and it is a naturally formed jade.
And make it into various ornaments such as round bottles and cans.
These works are colorful and very beautiful.
Of course, the price is not cheap, and the units are calculated in thousands.
However, these are all false! False! False! Say important things three times!
That's right! This colorful jade, known as Baodao's new type of jade, is fake and synthetic in both material and color.
From the material point of view, the merchant claims that it is a new type of jade formed from a multi-element symbiotic mineral species after special processing.
But in fact? It is actually made of jade stone powder and resin, which are formed under high temperature and pressure.
To put it bluntly, it is just a bunch of worthless stones put together.
Judging from the color, although it does not have the vivid beauty of opal, the colorful color has really attracted a large number of jade lovers to buy it.
However, as I just said, its material is fake, and the color is naturally fake as well.
In fact, this color mainly comes from dyes, and dyes contain a lot of harmful chemicals. Leaving them at home for a long time will be harmful to the body.
If you really want to buy some special products of the island, forget about colorful jade, such as cat's eye stone, chalcedony, etc., but it is a better choice.
Especially chalcedony, don’t think it’s just a stone and worthless, but it’s so beautiful.
In particular, Baodao’s chalcedony is loved by people for its roundness, transparency and delicate features.
It can be said that this gem, known as Treasure Island Sapphire, is a noble member of the chalcedony family.
When it comes to chalcedony, I believe many people first think of “fake”, “cheap” and “imitation”.
Indeed, there are a lot of high-end jade imitations of chalcedony and tourmaline on the market now.
Many people have been deceived, and chalcedony has left a bad impression on people.
But, did you know that there are also nobles in the Chalcedony family?
It is produced in Baodao and has a sky-blue color due to the copper content.
It has the warmth of jade and the luster of gemstones. It is currently the most expensive jade in Taiwan except flash jade.
Although it has the title of "Taiwan Sapphire", it has nothing to do with the precious sapphire. It is the blue chalcedony belonging to the quartz family.
The origin of the curved blue chalcedony is in the Dulan Mountains in the eastern coastal mountains of the island.