Seeing that everyone looked a little ugly, Han Kongque said with a smile: "You don't have to think too much. If you calculate it this way, there are a lot of things that are not jade. Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote "Jade Theory" to describe the color of jade as: Red like a cock's comb, yellow like a steamed chestnut, white like cut fat, and ink like pure lacquer, it is called a jade talisman. But sapphire is unique. Nowadays, blue and white are often found, black is sometimes found, and yellow and red are never seen.
This means that jade comes in five colors: white, green, black, red, and yellow. The most common colors are cyan, white, yellow, and red. Are they still rare now?
Research by Song Yingxing, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty, believed that jade only has two colors: white and green. He said in "Tiangong Kaiwu" that all jade has only two colors: white and green. Green is the famous Chinese vegetable jade, including red jade and topaz. The price of strange stones, Langgan and the like, is no less than that of jade, but they are not jade.
This means that the white and green ones are jade, and the others are not jade. Now, we all know that this statement is wrong."
At this time, Wei Changqing also said: "Brother Han is right. I remember that in ancient books, all the jade that came to China came from Congling, Khotan. The so-called Lantian is the name of the place where jade was produced in Congling. , and later generations mistakenly thought it was Lantian in Xi'an. The source of its ridge water was named Ashe Mountain, and it ended at Congling where it was divided into two rivers, one called Baiyu River and the other called Lvyu River.
Gao Jujie of the later Jin Dynasty recorded the Wuyu River in his Journey to Khotan, but this section is false. Yingxing of the Song Dynasty clearly denied the existence of the Wuyu River in Hotan, and did not agree that ‘red jade’ and ‘yellow jade’ were real jade.”
Han Kongque nodded and said: "Song Yingxing's statement is a relatively simple scientific point of view, warning future generations of scholars that they should carefully study the 'red jade' in Chinese history and culture, and what exactly the 'topaz' refers to.
As for the "green jade" that Song Yingxing refers to, it seems that it should refer to the sapphire produced in the Hotan area. However, the "Illustrated Chronicles of the Western Regions" compiled by Fu Heng and others in the Qing Dynasty stated that the jade from the Yuhe River in Hotan was cyanotic, yellow, green, Blue, white and other colors, Chun Yuan, another scholar of the Qing Dynasty, also said in "Records of Hearing and Seeing of the Western Regions": The jade produced in Yerqiang has different colors, including white, yellow, red, black and green."
Except for the two bodyguards Huangshan and Wei Changqing, everyone here is knowledgeable. Gu Tong said: "I know about cyanosis, red and other colors. I guess this is the ancient description of the skin color of Hotan jade, because the Hotan area or the Kunlun Mountains area I have never seen rubies, only dark red-skinned seeds and brown-yellow sugar jade.
As for topaz, Hetian jade is indeed produced. For example, 'chicken fat yellow' has a fine texture and bright color, which is obviously caused by the clear color after the formation of nephrite. This kind of jade has always been highly praised and expensive, so I believe it. Books are worse than no books, and the words of the ancients are not so trustworthy."
Huangshan chuckled at this time and said: "It's good to find jade. Anyway, I know that the value will not be low. Besides, if the ancients said it is not accurate, it must be because of lack of knowledge. Although I am not as knowledgeable as the ancients, we are born In modern society, people naturally have more knowledge than the ancients."
Han Peacock glanced at Huangshan in surprise, when did this guy become so smart?
Qian Mingyuan sighed and said: "Huangshan is right. The great geographical discoveries in modern times are beyond the imagination of the ancients. With the development of modern science and technology, it is too common to discover things that the ancients did not know. Just talking about Hotan Biyu, it’s hard to explain clearly.”
Han Kongque and others nodded in agreement. Until now, it remains to be discussed whether there is "Hetian Jasper".
The 1996 national standard stated that Hetian jade is produced in Xinjiang, in the Kunlun Mountains-Altun Mountains area, and has special origins.
So what is the cause? This special cause raises another question worth exploring, which is whether there is jasper in Hetian jade?
From a geological perspective, Hotan jade is produced in the contact zone between carbonate rock and granodiorite in the Kunlun Mountains and the Altyn Mountains, an extension of the Kunlun Mountains. It belongs to the "carbonate rock type" classified by the jade community.
Type of cause.
This genetic type is obviously different from the genetic type of "serpentine rock type" - "serpentine rock type" generally has higher iron and magnesium content, and its color is mainly green, dark green, and dark green series. It is the world's green softest rock type.
Typical origin types of jade (or jasper).
For example, this is the case with the jasper produced in the Manas region of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, China, the East and West Sayan Mountains in Russia, British Columbia in Canada, the Hualien region in Taiwan, China, and New Zealand.
The "carbonate type" nephrite jade generally has a very low iron and magnesium content, and its color is mainly white to cyan series. Occasionally, green varieties appear, but they are also lighter green.
Moreover, "carbonate type" nephrite can form a darker color variety - jet jade due to the crystallization of carbon.
"Serpentine type" nephrite can form characteristic dark spots due to the dispersion of chromite.
In this way, it is puzzling that ancient documents and modern books refer to Kunlun Mountain as producing "jasper" or "green jade".
Many handicrafts in the current market that are called "Hotian Jasper" are actually made from jasper produced in the East and West Sayan Mountains of Russia or British Columbia, Canada.
Although high-grade jasper is also produced in the Gobi Desert between the Yulong Kashgar River and Cele River and Luopu County, it is all seed material or side material, and its primary ore has not yet been found.
The book "China Hetian Jade" published in 1994 generally regarded the "jasper" or "green jade" in the Kunlun Mountains as being produced from serpentine rock.
However, since this kind of jasper is of "serpentine type" origin, it is naturally kicked out of the "Hetian jade" family.
As Tang Yanling, the author of "China Hotan Jade", said: "In addition, jasper is also produced in the Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains, which is also nephrite. Its origin is related to ultrabasic rocks, such as Canadian jasper and Xinjiang Manas jasper.
But it does not belong to the scope of Hotan jade.”
So, does "Hetian Biyu" really exist?
This is indeed a problem. Although there is no detailed geological output research data confirming its existence, Han Kongque believes that it still exists, but its original deposits have been temporarily isolated.
From this point of view, it can only be said that Hetian jade has four primary colors of white, green, black, and yellow jade (general light green varieties can be classified into the sapphire category), among which white jade is the best, especially the so-called mutton-fat jade, and even more so.
It is hailed as the "Emperor of Nephrite" by the collecting community. It has the supreme status and is cherished by collectors from all over the world.
After several people discussed it, they determined that the jade here was of the same variety as Hetian jade. In this way, the discovery of Hetian jasper was a certainty.
"So, Mr. Gu has made a lot of money this time." Hetian Biyu, which has never been confirmed by anyone, was obtained by Gu Tong, which made Wei Changqing sigh.
Although their family has been supporting Gu Tong, Wei Changqing really didn't expect to find Hotan Biyu here.
Seeing the sighing Wei Changqing, Han Kongque just smiled. After getting to know each other, Wei Changqing had absolutely no thoughts of competing with him.
Wei Changqing's family is an ordinary working-class family. Even if he has superpowers, he can only enter the jewelry industry through his uncle's family, but his foundation is too shallow after all. Not to mention him, even if his uncle's family is included, There is no way to compete with Korean Peacock.
It is because they are so far apart from Han Peacock in terms of strength that they stick to their duties honestly.
Gu Tong glanced at Wei Changqing. Wei Changqing was a pretty good person, at least much better than his uncle's family. If not for this, he would not have left the family that had supported his family for several years and followed Wei Changqing. Qing enters the mountain.
However, although Wei Changqing is a good person, he does not have enough capital, so naturally he cannot buy the piece of jasper at a high price. Originally, he planned to sell it to their family, but now Han Peacock is competing with them. He doesn't mind selling it for more money either.
So Gu Tong said: "None of us expected that the value of jade would rise so sharply."
Qian Mingyuan smiled and said: "I'm afraid you didn't expect that this piece of jasper would be Hetian jasper, right?"
Gu Tong also laughed: "I really didn't expect that I didn't know much about jade. It was just because I discovered that there was jade here. In recent years, I have been going crazy like crazy, so I have some understanding of jade. Compared to Xiao Han Compared to Xiaowei, my understanding of jade is far different."
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Since Hotan Biyu is so rare, I naturally can't let Mr. Gu suffer."
Hearing what Han Kongque said, Wei Changqing became even more disappointed: "The price of jade is already high now. If the price increases again, small jewelers like us will have no way to survive."
Han Kongque said with a smile: "I robbed Brother Wei of his business today, so I will naturally make compensation. I think so! I also have a mine in the East China Sea. If Brother Wei needs it, we can provide you with part of it." Jade raw material.”
"Really?" Wei Changqing looked at Han Peacock in surprise, and then Wei Changqing reacted: "I didn't mean that. I don't doubt Brother Han at all. If Brother Han can provide us with some jade mines, then it will be It helped us a lot.”
Han Peacock nodded. He knew that materials were king in the market recently. Having raw materials meant monopolizing an industry, especially the jade industry.
As long as you have a mine, you can wait to collect money. If you don't have a source of jade mines, then you can wait to be squeezed out of the industry. Qian Mingyuan is the best example of this.
Qian Mingyuan's family has been a jade carver for generations, but in modern times, due to the monopoly of jade veins, they can't get raw materials. No matter how good their craftsmanship is, they can only slowly withdraw from the industry. This is why he follows Hu every year. The reason why my father and son went to the mountains.
In fact, families like Qian Mingyuan are not the most difficult. After all, they have few people and their boats are small and easy to turn around. The most difficult thing is probably the small factory.
The rise in jade prices has stimulated the rapidly expanding mining industry, and predatory mining has further stimulated the nerves of collectors. The price of jade has further soared, and jade mining has also plunged into further madness. If this cycle continues, it is certain that jade prices will rise. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!