In the past few days, Zhao Tianming has nothing to do, lingering in the antique street, which can be regarded as a small harvest, including a few pieces of ancient jade and a few ancient paintings. If you come out and walk around diligently, you will still be rewarded.

"Treasure Pavilion" sounds very atmospheric, however, the house in front of Zhao Tianming is more like a grocery store, full of all kinds of utensils.

Zhao Tianming walked in, and the boss asked very enthusiastically, it seems that business is not good usually. In the general antique shop, the boss will not say much when a guest goes in, and only when the guest is optimistic, or the guest is in need, he will come to greet him.

"I'll see for myself first. ”

Zhao Tianming waved his hand and said, glanced around, didn't look at the new shiny and delicately shaped porcelain in the conspicuous place, and didn't even have the urge to identify it. These things look new, and there are traces of fire.

"Amber is this?"

Zhao Tianming was in a corner and unexpectedly saw something a little familiar and unfamiliar. To say that it is familiar is that I have seen a lot of books in books, and to say that it is unfamiliar, it is the first time I have seen the real thing today.

The name of amber, which I believe many people have heard, is not only a gemstone for appreciation, but also a valuable scientific value.

Amber was born 40 million to 60 million years ago, belongs to the geological so-called Eocene century, is the resin dripping of plants such as pine and cypress, legumes, araucaria family, etc., buried in the ground for tens of millions of years, after the high pressure and high heat extrusion of the earth's rock layers, the qualitative change of fossils, so it is also called "pine resin fossil".

Recently, Chinese scientists discovered the world's oldest amber ore, which is about 99 million years old, which is of great research value, and has advanced the history of amber fossils by a large margin.

Amber comes in a variety of shapes, often with the same lines on the surface as the resin flowing, and often with bubbles and ancient insect, animal or plant debris visible inside.

Common types of amber are golden amber, blood amber, flower amber, blue amber, insect amber, beeswax and so on.

In ancient China, amber was once called the tiger's spirit, the beast's spirit, Dunmu, Jiangzhu, the jade, etc., which was said to be "the spirit of the tiger's death into stone", and the legend was the soul of the tiger, so it was called "the tiger's spirit".

At the same time, amber comes from pine resin, which in China symbolizes longevity, giving it a beautiful and auspicious meaning. The ancients believed that amber had the function of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, calming the nerves, and was regarded as a precious treasure since ancient times.

"The customer is really a good eye, this is the store recently wasted a lot of effort, only to enter a batch of fine amber, to ensure that the customer is satisfied. ”

The shopkeeper watched this kid enter the store for a long time, and finally spoke, so he flickered vigorously.

Zhao Tianming scoffed, and also made fine amber, some amber still had some soil stuck to it, and he didn't know which one he collected it from, so he didn't even do superficial work.

Aside from that, these amber are mottled in color, dull in color, and extremely poorly transparent, and have no artistic value at all.

The high-grade amber has a dense texture, beautiful color and high transparency. Some amber with high transparency and insects, and the insect-shaped finish and high clarity are even more precious and abnormal, and it is rare to see.

Amber with many cracks, soft texture, dull color, or similar color to ordinary stone has no use value.

The shopkeeper may have collected a lot of amber, but if he is a little interesting, he must have picked it all up and shipped it through another channel, leaving only a little garbage to fool customers here.

These local snakes must sell more than this small storefront, and this storefront may be equivalent to a stronghold to maintain daily expenses. The others are probably the kind of big business that has been open for three years, and you can't meet it a few times a year.

Zhao Tianming picked up a relatively clean piece of amber, rubbed it in his palm, and sniffed it with his nose, there was a faint pine fragrance, which was actually genuine, not an imitation.

Amber is also fake, and there are many patterns, such as glass, plastic, resin, synthesis, etc., and some inexperienced rookies are easy to mistake for the truth.

The smell of natural amber is very special, when rubbed, heated or burned, natural amber will emit a charming rosin scent, which has a calming effect and is widely used as a religious utensil.

Since ancient times, Chinese have loved pine fragrance and regarded amber and ambergris as precious spices, and it is said that Zhao Feiyan, the queen of Emperor Cheng of Han, was a pillow amber pillow to ingest the fragrance.

In addition, amber is an organic gemstone, delicate and lightweight, warm and delicate to the touch, warm and light to the touch, and easy to distinguish from glass.

Most natural amber is transparent and comes in a wide variety of colours, with yellow being the most common, but also red, green and the very rare blue. Imitation amber, on the other hand, has only a bright color on the surface, and is almost colorless on the inside.

Natural amber has a very light texture, put it in clean water, it will sink, but put it in 20% concentration of salt water, it will slowly float. And fake amber can't float.

Put the amber under the money detector, ultraviolet light, it will fluoresce, light green, green, blue, white, etc. Plastic fake amber, on the other hand, does not change color.

There are also some identification methods that can harm the amber itself and are not commonly used.

"What are these for sale?" Zhao Tianming pointed casually, and didn't specify which piece.

"This, can not be generalized, each piece is of different quality, the price is also different. The shopkeeper said hesitantly.

He could see that the kid in front of him didn't look like a rookie, and almost all of what rookies looked up to was something with a bright appearance, and he rarely paid attention to these things that were gray and had no ornamental value.

However, looking at his age, his hair has not grown, and it is estimated that he is not very smart, this kind of half-bucket of water, it is best to fool, the shopkeeper is ready to slaughter him as a fat sheep.

"I think, the quality is about the same, right? boss, you can give a real price, and if you can see it, I'll pick a few. Zhao Tianming teased.

"Okay, young man, I see that you are also an expert, and I won't deceive you, everyone is quick to talk, 10,000 yuan, how much do you want to tell me. The shopkeeper said with a bold look.

Of course you want me to buy them all, these things that are similar to garbage, 10,000 yuan, you really dare to speak. Although these are all natural amber, not all amber is valuable, and if you don't look good, don't give it away.

"I don't have enough money on me, I'll take a look at the others!" Zhao Tianming looked very embarrassed.

"It's okay to transfer money. The shopkeeper muttered.

Seeing that Zhao Tianming was about to get up, he was really afraid that the business would be yellow, so he changed his words: "How much do you think is appropriate, little brother? It's not impossible to buy a few more yuan and get some discounts." ”