The first thousand five hundred and ninety-four chapters deep water golden coral
The tissue of black horn coral is brightly colored. Its name comes from its black or dark brown skeleton, which is covered with some tiny spines on the surface of its skeleton. They are the state stone of Hawaii and are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
"I'm afraid you wouldn't have thought that black coral and black horned coral are different, right?" At this time, Chen Qing unexpectedly said to Han Peacock.
"Huh? What's the difference between black coral and black horned coral?" Han Peacock said in a daze.
Black coral is a kind of coelenterate with exquisite body and elegant color that lives in the ocean. It is a kind of coral polyp. Is this still wrong?
Black coral can secrete calcareous skeletons in red, white and other colors, which cluster together and stick together to form a branch shape, which is what people call coral stone.
Often people think that coral is a plant, this is a misunderstanding, coral has a hardness of 3.5, which is soft, but quite tough and can be easily processed with a knife or file or turned on a lathe.
Raw coral raw material has a dull luster, and after polishing it is almost glassy.
Some people call black coral the black knight from the ocean. It is as solemn, mighty, calm, and steady as a palace guard, loyally guarding the sea. Therefore, it is also called the king coral in Hawaii.
In gemology, black coral is classified as horny coral. The black coral group in the Hawaiian Islands was discovered in the waters between Maui and Lanai as early as 1958.
In 1960, scientists began to use scuba to enter the country to conduct research on black corals. In 1974, they began to use two-person submarines for commercial fishing and research. After repeated surveys and fishing studies in the past 40 years, 14 species of precious black corals were discovered in this sea area.
Usually grows at the bottom of darker and more sheltered reefs or cliffs, and is more common in water depths below 20 meters.
Black coral usually grows on seabed corals or rocks with a water depth of more than 10 meters. The height can reach 56 meters. It is shaped like a silk willow on land, so it is called sea willow.
It sticks to sea stones with suckers, making it difficult to collect. In addition, it has many uses, so it is regarded as a treasure of the ocean.
Black coral is tough, durable and lustrous, so it can be processed into various handicrafts, such as bracelets, bonsais, flowers, birds, insects, fish, tea cups, rings, Buddhist beads and other art treasures. In ancient times, it was a noble plaything of emperors and ministers.
Han Peacock has a comprehensive understanding of black coral, so how could he make a mistake?
"Is black coral the same as sea willow? You don't seem to have made this clear. The black coral you think is probably sea willow, or sea vine." Gu Lie said with a smirk at this time.
Han Kongque frowned. He just read some information about black coral, but he really didn't dare to say that black coral and sea willow are the same thing.
"Have you hired a professional appraiser?" Han Kongque asked.
Only this possibility would give them the confidence to refute Han Kongque. Otherwise, with Han Kongque's knowledge, they would not doubt Han Kongque's judgment.
"Yes, there are many types of black coral. Sea willow is also called black coral, but it is not a precious category of black coral. Instead, it is black coral, which is a very precious kind of black coral." Song Min laughed.
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"Of course, sea willows have become precious now, so even collecting some sea willows is still very valuable." Yuan Peng also added insult to injury.
It's not often that Han Peacock is embarrassed, so this time they are like-minded and waiting to see Han Peacock's jokes.
"Sea willow contains tannic acid, salicylic acid, iodine, etc., which can have astringent and sterilizing effects. It is a wonderful medicine for treating simple thyroid." Chen Rui said with a smile.
Chen Qing continued: "Fresh black coral leaves can treat high blood pressure. Boiled chicken heads with black coral can stop bleeding when taken internally. Boiled in soup and eaten, it can also cure low back pain."
"It's indeed a good thing." Han Peacock gritted his teeth and endured their ridicule.
"Because black coral is rare and precious, especially live black coral, it is rare to find it, so the price of pipes made of black coral, especially live black coral, is often higher." Song Min said the most professionally.
"So, those black coral products you just mentioned are probably made of sea willow, or sea vine. Although this is also a kind of coral, it is far inferior to deep sea black coral." Gulie Yangyang
He said proudly.
Han Peacock was speechless this time. Even this fool knew some knowledge that he didn't know. This was simply a shame.
Chen Qing said sympathetically: "Don't be sad. Because sea willows have been over-collected in recent years, the number has become less and less, and they are now on the verge of extinction. Therefore, their value is getting higher and higher. So you think sea willows are treasures?
Not wrong.”
Chen Qing was the most kind, and seemed to be comforting Han Kongque. However, after hearing this, why did Han Kongque feel his face burning even more?
"No matter what kind of handicraft or sea willow pipe is made, it can be used as a handicraft decoration, so sea willow is still valuable for collection." Yuan Peng said seriously.
Han Kongque nodded. He agreed with this point. He knew how to carve, so he knew the characteristics of black corals such as sea willows.
Taking advantage of the unique shape, beautiful color, and delicate wood of sea willows, various exquisite and exquisite pipes or cigarette holders are carved through pruning, planing, grinding, filing, drilling and other processes, which are cool and refreshing to use, and have the effect of
Natural filtering effect.
"Using a sea willow pipe or cigarette holder to smoke can moisten the lungs, remove accumulated heat in the lungs, and minimize the harm." After saying this, Gu Lie looked like he was knowledgeable.
Han Kongque was speechless. After all, what he said was so right, and he was really speechless.
As one of the male and female members of the Gu family, Song Min immediately added: "Sea willow is full of treasures and has a wide range of uses. Sea willow is also gorgonian. It contains gorgonian sesquiterpenes. We conducted structural determination and pharmacological and medicinal effects on it."
Preliminary research results show that it does not contain elements and has strong physiological activity and detoxification effects."
Han Kongque gritted his teeth and said: "I know that wearing sea willow jewelry can also lower blood pressure, slow down heart rate, resist arrhythmia, resist spasm of blood vessels and ileum, and resist hypoxia."
"Haha, it's good to know. Are you convinced?" Gu Lie said with a smile.
Han Kongque glared at him fiercely and said, "Don't be so proud, right? You've been smart for a while, but you still think you've become a genius?"
"I got so angry that I got so embarrassed that I quickly took out my phone to take pictures. It's rare that this happens." Chen Rui also smiled very ungracefully, which is really rare.
Therefore, Han Kongque was really helpless. It was not easy for these guys to find an opportunity to attack him, so he had better cooperate.
The production of black coral is extremely rare, and sea vine is commonly used as a substitute in the market.
Due to long-term misinformation, some reports and teaching materials even regard seaweed as black coral and its bleaching products as golden coral.
It was only with the guidance of professionals that Chen Qing and the others realized that the black corals, golden corals and sea vines in Hawaii were completely different, and they also took advantage of the fact that the Korean peacocks were no longer around to conduct systematic research.
The results showed that although sea vine and black coral, bleached sea vine and golden coral are very similar in appearance, they have important differences in structure and composition.
The output of sea vine is much greater than that of black coral and gold coral. The resources of black coral and gold coral are extremely limited and their market value is getting higher and higher. Therefore, many people use sea vine to make black coral and gold coral in order to make huge profits.
After being ridiculed by Chen Qing and others for so long, Han Peacock also knew that black coral and golden coral are the main species of horny coral, and people were widely using them as jewelry as early as the middle of the 20th century.
Fishermen in the South Pacific have always worn black coral to ward off dangerous storms, ward off evil spirits, and ward off disasters.
Japan's new fifth concubine Noriko often wore a black coral necklace during the royal family's routine pilgrimage to Meiji Shrine after her marriage. Japan's relatives and common people all imitated the necklace, which aroused Japanese people's love for black coral and a consumer boom.
Nowadays, black coral and golden coral have become very popular gemstones, especially in Europe, America and Japan.
"Look, this is deep-sea golden coral." Finally, Gu Lie couldn't hold himself back and took out a pot of golden coral made into a bonsai and showed it off to the Korean peacock.
"This is shallow water golden coral." Chen Rui smiled and took out a pot.
"This one is still a black horned coral." Gu Lie also brought out a bonsai of coral trees. It was not big enough so he had the right to be proud of it.
"This is shallow water golden coral. It seems that even diving coral has a certain value." Chen Qing brought out a pot of coral that was more than one meter high. If it were not a shallow water coral, it would be amazing enough.
"Have you really entered the deep water area?" Han Peacock said in surprise.
Deep-water golden corals live between about 900 meters and 2,500 meters below sea level, adjacent to deep-water pink corals. Shallow-water golden corals also live between about 350 and 600 meters below sea level. Without special tools, ordinary people would really
Unable to collect.
Therefore, whether it is shallow water golden coral or deep sea golden coral, they are extremely rare, even rarer and more precious than red coral.
"These golden corals are so beautiful!" Han Peacock could only sigh.
After careful inspection, Han Peacock discovered that the unpolished body of the golden coral live branch was golden yellow, and the base was like white coral. The whole body was like a tree with a branched structure. The cross section showed a tree ring-like structure, with no radial and
Characteristics such as pores.
On the surface of the body, the vertical lines of deep water gold coral are very obvious and extend to the base. The connection between the center of the body and the base makes the body shrink like nails nailed to the base.
The substrate tightly wraps it, which infers that this is continuous growth rather than parasitism.
Some of the vertical lines on shallow water golden corals are so small that they are even difficult to observe, while the vertical lines on the base are mostly invisible.
At this time, Song Min became serious: "According to the information we recently found, our country is one of the first countries to discover and utilize corals. It is said that Dayu began to utilize corals when he controlled floods."
"Yes, my country's Shanhaijingjing in the pre-Qin era recorded that corals out of the sea are two or three feet tall, have branches but no leaves, and are shaped like a small tree." Gu Lie added. To be continued