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"Tch, it produces garbage! Let's go to Guatemala and have a look! If you really find an jade mine, you will really make a fortune." Chen Jiayi said.
Cheng Jun also echoed: "South America has more mineral resources than North America. It would be good to go to South America to see it."
However, Zhou Meiren objected: "Now our roots are in the United States. Going to South America is to go far away. My idea is to go to California, where there are not only emeralds but also tourmalines."
Although the price of tourmaline is not as good as jade, there are so many people who like it, especially in Asia and Southeast Asia. If our jewelry company wants to go abroad, the first step is Southeast Asia, so I hope to obtain a tourmaline vein."
"Tour Xi?" Cheng Jun didn't know much about Tour Xi.
And Chen Jiayi is obviously like this: "Isn't this a lot of stuff? There is no need to buy a mine in the United States."
At this time, Han Peacock had an idea. California is really a good place. Han Peacock didn't have much idea about the jadeite mine. After all, except for Myanmar, the jadeite from other places in the world is really not very good, but the tourmaline mine is different.
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Tourmaline is widely distributed around the world, so many people know it and like it. Therefore, if you really want a jewelry company to go abroad, tourmaline is a good stepping stone.
Tourmaline is the name of tourmaline. Its main component is boroaluminosilicate. It is mainly produced in Brazil and Sri Lanka. It is also produced in Xinjiang Province and Yunnan Province in China, but not much.
Tourmaline deposits are usually located in pegmatite formations and alluvial deposits. The most productive deposits, except Sri Lanka and the Republic of Malagasy (Madagascar Island), are Brazil.
Brazil produces red, green, and blue tourmalines, and it recently discovered a special color tourmaline called "paraiba". Its color is different from other gemstones. It is green with blue, like the green of a lake. The color is beautiful and special, but
Because the output is rare, the price is very expensive, and it is deeply loved by the Japanese.
Mozambique supplies fine red and two-color tourmaline. More deposits are located in Angola, Australia, Myanmar (red tourmaline), India, Rhodesia (New Bawe Republic), Namibia, *********
,Thailand etc.
In addition to the above-mentioned countries, there are also many places in Russia and the United States that produce tourmalines. For example, in Russia, especially in the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains, there are many purple, red and blue tourmalines. California in the United States is most famous for its rubellite, while Maine is the most famous.
, green and watermelon tourmaline, and other states such as New York, Connecticut, Colorado, etc. also produce tourmaline.
As for Europe, collectors discovered tourmaline in Elba Island and Switzerland. They have been found in various countries around the world, which means that tourmaline is a gemstone recognized by all countries in the world. As long as it is a gemstone. As long as it is something precious that can be exchanged for money, it will
Being sought after.
Therefore, once tourmaline was discovered, it was given various reputations. In ancient Egyptian legends, tourmaline was known as the rainbow that leads from the center of the earth to the sun. In ancient Greek mythology, tourmaline was considered to be the fire left by Prometheus to the world.
, in the West, tourmaline is known as the "stone of power" and is sought after by dignitaries. Even Queen Elizabeth II of England is a fan of tourmaline.
In China, tourmaline first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In 644 AD, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty obtained tourmaline during his expedition to the west and carved it into a jade seal.
During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor specially sent eunuchs to Nan Province to supervise the purchase of tourmalines. During the Yongle period, Sri Lanka's King Ariel Kunel also paid tribute to Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, with precious tourmalines.
By the Qing Dynasty, tourmaline was widely accepted and even became a symbol of dynasty power.
In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng's imperial court beads were made of tourmaline. At the same time, tourmaline was also used as the crown bead on the crests worn by first- and second-rank officials.
At this time, the status of tourmaline is equivalent to that of ruby. It is higher than coral, sapphire and crystal because according to the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, the first-grade top bead is ruby, the second-grade top bead is coral, the third-grade top bead is sapphire, the fourth-grade top bead is lapis lazuli, and the fifth-grade top bead is lapis lazuli.
Use crystal...those without top beads have no official status.
The reason why tourmaline has become popular since the Qing Dynasty is largely due to the Empress Dowager Cixi's love for tourmaline.
According to historical records of the Forbidden City, in the eight years since Cixi's death in 1900, the Palace Building Office purchased several tons of tourmaline from San Diego, USA.
"Notes of Ai Yuexuan" written by Li Lianying's nephew Li Chengwu describes the situation of Cixi's burial objects. Among them is a lotus carved from tourmaline, which weighs 100 grams and is worth about 750,000 taels of silver. Now this tourmaline lotus is in the
It was in the hands of Han Peacock, so Han Peacock knew best how much Empress Dowager Cixi liked tourmaline.
In addition, Cixi's gold quilt was also inlaid with many precious tourmalines.
Although most of the foreign tourmalines were supplied to the imperial court as tributes, tourmalines also had the opportunity to circulate among the people.
Because the Qing Dynasty was relatively wealthy at the time, tourmalines worth one tael of silver could be sold for three taels abroad, which made many foreign businessmen willing to sell tourmalines in China.
This led to the great development of tourmaline mines in the United States. Later, the Qing government fell and stopped importing from the United States, which caused the decline of the tourmaline mining industry in the United States until it went bankrupt. The area that suffered the most was California.
It can be said that tourmaline made Cixi prosperous and failed in Cixi. It turns out that the Empress Dowager Cixi was a big fan of tourmaline. In the Qing Dynasty, tourmaline became a symbol of power and was one of the materials used to make the feathers worn by first- and second-grade officials.
of Chaozhu.
Especially during the era of Empress Dowager Cixi, tourmaline received unprecedented attention in China.
The Empress Dowager Cixi, who dominated the government, was not only passionate about jade and diamonds, but also loved the colorful and ever-changing tourmalines. She was a complete tourmaline fan.
Other Han Peacocks didn't know about it, but Han Peacock was very aware of Cixi's burial objects, especially the lotus growing step by step, which had now fallen into Han Peacock's hands. Han Peacock knew that it was a real treasure.
The "Notes of Ai Yuexuan" written by Li Chengwu, nephew of the great eunuch Li Lianying in the late Qing Dynasty, records the situation of the items buried with Cixi after her death: Empress Dowager Cixi "pedaled on a tourmaline lotus flower, weighing thirty-six taels, and valued at seven hundred and fifty thousand taels."
.The price of tourmaline has been very low in recent years, but it is rare to find a large item. If you have this item now, although it is not valuable, it will cost seven hundred yuan or one tael."
Here the Empress Dowager Cixi is pedaling a lotus flower, which means "a lotus is born every step of the way." Even if the souls of the dead enter the Western Paradise as soon as possible, this is the tourmaline lotus flower. It was worth 750,000 taels in that era, but now it costs at least 100 or 200 million U.S. dollars.
s price.
In addition, the Empress Dowager Cixi's gold silk brocade quilt was also inlaid with many tourmalines. "Notes of Aiyuexuan" recorded the following: "The gold silk brocade quilt cost 84,000 taels, and was inlaid with one hundred eight-point beads and three-point beads."
There are 304 beads, 500 one-cent beads, 1,200 6 centimeter beads, 10,500 rice beads, large rubies and sapphires weighing about 4 cents each and 18, small pieces 60
7. Two pieces of violet emerald weighing five-fifths, a total of 203 pieces of tourmaline and white jade. The pearls are estimated to be worth 854,200 taels, and the gemstones are worth about 42,000 taels."
In addition to the above two exquisite pieces, there are many other tourmaline jewelry in the coffin of the Empress Dowager Cixi.
When Han Peacock checked the harvest, he made statistics. The tourmaline jewelry that was finally buried in the coffin included: rubellite beads, rubellite bracelets, purple tourmaline bracelets, rubellite rosary beads, gold-set rubellite beads, and rubellite-set green beads.
Gem-headed lotus, green jade-inlaid rubellite lotus, rubellite chrysanthemum with chrysanthemums, rubellite inlaid with rubellite, rubellite hat flower, these are the tourmaline ornaments used for the burial of the Empress Dowager Cixi after her death.
In addition to these, the more famous one is the legendary tourmaline watermelon. Others think it is a legend, or the emerald watermelon is the tourmaline watermelon, but only Han Kongque knows that the emerald watermelon and the tourmaline watermelon are different.
Jade watermelon is emerald green, with pink jade, and some black seeds mixed in. This is not a mixed color, and the substances contained are not the same.
The tourmaline watermelon is a whole with green skin and red flesh, and the two are completely different.
The raw materials for making emerald watermelon have always been controversial and rumored. In fact, these are two treasures. Emerald watermelon is emerald watermelon, tourmaline watermelon is tourmaline watermelon, and tourmaline watermelon is the top two-color combination tourmaline imported from the United States, that is, green skin and red flesh.
“Watermelon Tourmaline“.
In nature, the color combination characteristics of green skin and red flesh are only possessed by bicolor tourmaline. Different color bands appear in the tourmaline crystal in the parallel crystal extension direction. The color bands can be continuous concentric rings or discontinuous concentric rings.
shape.
The color of jade is different, which is caused by the doping of other minerals. Therefore, the only natural two-color combination is tourmaline.
Among gem-grade tourmalines, rubellite, blue tourmaline and two-color watermelon tourmaline are the best. The current price of watermelon tourmaline fluctuates greatly depending on the color.
The price of watermelon tourmaline is not only related to color and transparency, but also has a great relationship with bead diameter.
For example, based on the common bead diameter within 10mm, a watermelon tourmaline of average color, which is not too gorgeous overall, would cost around 2,000 for a bracelet.
If the bead diameter is over 10mm and the overall color is bright, the price of watermelon tourmaline will be tens of thousands.
In fact, as a tourmaline fan, the Empress Dowager Cixi probably thought about placing tourmaline jewelry in her future tomb when she was alive.
The Qing Dynasty palace archives "Putuoyu Golden Well Installation Account" has this description: When Empress Dowager Cixi built her mausoleum, the "acupoint" was located in the gold well under Cixi's coffin, and a large number of treasures were also stored in it.
From March 25, the fifth year of Guangxu's reign (1879) to October 15, the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu's reign (1908), the mausoleum officials put a large number of treasures into the golden well six times according to Yi's decree, including tourmaline treasures, including red ones.
A tourmaline inlaid emerald pendant, a rubellite longevity pendant, a yellow tourmaline grape pendant, a rubellite gourd and bat pendant, a rubellite double happiness pendant and a rubellite Buddha head pagoda.
It can be seen that Cixi had a soft spot for tourmalines both before and after her death.
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