Episode 258 Take care of it
The fourth party is pyrite in Spain.
Pyrite (FeS2) is often mistaken for gold because of its light brass color and bright metallic luster, so it is also known as "fool's gold".
The composition of pyrite usually contains cobalt, nickel and selenium, has a NaCl type crystal structure, the same composition and belongs to the orthorhombic (orthorhombic) crystal system is called marcaite, and there are often traces of cobalt, nickel, copper, gold, selenium and other elements in the composition, and the content can be comprehensively recovered and utilized in the process of extracting sulfur when the content is high.
This pyrite is distributed in blocks, like gold ingots, and the atmosphere of wealth is pressing.
The fifth party is the Russian iron meteorite.
Meteorite, also known as "meteorite", is an unburned stone, iron, or a mixture of stone-iron material that is scattered on the surface of the Earth or other planets by cosmic meteors or dust fragments that have left their original orbits outside the Earth.
This meteorite looks like an iron tower, and there are traces of friction on the surface, which is very heavy.
The sixth party is the Guizhou dragon fossil.
Before talking about fossils, we must first talk about what Guizhou dragon is.
Guizhou dragon lived in the middle Triassic 210 million years ago, and the current Xingyi area of Guizhou is still a Ze country, where a small phantom dragon - Guizhou dragon lives.
It has a small head, a long neck, and a broad, flattened body, much like the plesiosaur that appeared later.
It still retains its claws on all fours and can crawl forward like a crocodile.
It spends most of its time in the water, and its wide paws and slender tail are ideal for swimming in the water.
Like other phantom dragons, Guizhou dragons also like to eat fish and small aquatic animals.
The well-known Guizhou dragon fauna fossils are produced in Luyinshan Village, Dingxiao Town, inhabited by the Buyi people in Xingyi, 13 kilometers northeast of Xingyi City, east longitude 105~00'36", north latitude 25009, 12".
Because of the wide area of fauna, new varieties and abundant reserves, Xingyi is known as the "hometown of dragons".
In July 1995, the Guizhou People's Government announced the fossil origin as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.
At first glance at the name "Guizhou Dragon", you will definitely say that it is a dinosaur without thinking.
In fact, Guizhou dragon is not a dinosaur, and it can be a "distant relative" with dinosaurs at most.
It turns out that in the Mesozoic Era, from about 230 million to 65 million years ago, the most prosperous creatures on the earth are reptiles, but the types of reptiles are diverse, there are all kinds of dinosaurs on land, there are aquatic reptiles living in the ocean like "Guizhou Dragon", and even there are flying reptiles like pterosaurs in the sky.
Among them, "Guizhou Dragon" is a reptile with the word "dragon" instead of "dinosaur", so we should know the reason why "Guizhou Dragon" is not a dinosaur!
In addition, coupled with people's customary titles, they like to call reptiles "dragons", so they often add the word "dragon" after their names.
The appearance of the small Guizhou dragon above is very vivid, like a retrospective time, taking people into the Guizhou dragon era.
The seventh party is the aquamarine of Pingwu, Sichuan.
Aquamarine aquamarine, chemical formula Be3Al2 & gt; (SiO2)6, derived from the Latin Seaater "sea water".
Legend has it that this beautiful gemstone is the essence of seawater, so navigators use it to pray to the god of the sea to bless the safety of navigation, and call it the "Fortune Stone".
Aquamarine is a beryl with sky blue to sea blue or bluish tinge.
Its color is mainly due to the trace amount of ferric ions (Fe2+), and the best is the one with a clear and flawless, intense vivid blue to light blue.
The aquamarine in Sichuan is a big piece of Smurfs.
The eighth party is the cinnabar of Guizhou.
Cinnabar, also known as cinnabar, dansha, red dan, and mercury sand, is a mercury sulfide (HgS) mineral.
It contains 86.2% mercury, which is the most important mineral raw material for mercury refining, and its crystal can be used as an important material for laser technology, and is also a Chinese medicinal material, which has the effects of sedation, calming the nerves and sterilization, and was used as an important raw material for alchemy in ancient China.
In the past, it was named for the best quality produced in Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan and other places).
The crystal belongs to the trigonal crystal system, which is homogeneous and polymorphic with the black cinnabar of the equiaxed crystal system, often in the form of rhombohedral or short column, and often runs through the double crystal, with complete cleavage of parallel cylinders, and the aggregate is granular, lumpy or epithelious.
Mohs hardness is 2.5, specific gravity is 8.10, the color is often red, and the crystal surface has red streaks and translucency.
Pure cinnabar is diamond luster, vermilion, and when it contains impurities, the luster is dull and maroon-red. It is a typical low-temperature hydrothermal mineral, which is related to modern volcanism.
This Guizhou cinnabar is red and white, like a sugar cake.
The ninth party is a giant turquoise.
It is said that this is the most turquoise found in the current knowledge, the net stone reaches more than 800 catties, the volume is huge, and the texture is superior.
This is the first time that Kowloon has seen mineral crystals and fossils up close, and the overall impression of Kowloon is that it is beautiful and strange.
I just don't know if this kind of stone is worth anything, which is what Kowloon is most concerned about at the moment.
Lao Zou was not in a hurry to answer Jiulong's question, but told Jiulong why he wanted to hold the Shanghai Mineral Crystal Fossil Exhibition.
He started with foreign countries.
Mineral and fossil exhibitions have been around for a long time in the world, such as the Tucson exhibition in the United States for 56 years, the Munich exhibition in Germany, the St. Mary's exhibition in France for more than 40 years, and the Shinjuku exhibition in Japan for 23 years, and they are all a variety of mineral fossils from hundreds of countries, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of merchants and players gathered together.
It is very common for Westerners to enjoy mineral fossils, and many people are from childhood to old age, with a total number of estimated 30 or 40 million, which is related to their economic level, education system, and scientific management regulations.
But there is no scientific and cultural threshold for playing with strange stones, so at present, there are four or five million people who appreciate rock and strange stones in China, with the improvement of China's economic level, the reform of the education system, and the international integration of fossil management regulations, tens of millions of Chinese people to enjoy the trend of mineral fossils will inevitably come, I believe that in the near future mineral fossils will be hyped by the Chinese, just like today's calligraphy and jade.
In order to make the mineral fossil treasures of the earth's hometown can also go to thousands of households in China, the organizers of our mining exhibition have insisted on holding six sessions in preparation for a rainy day, and the highlights of this time are: special invitational exhibition of fine minerals and fossils at home and abroad, direct sales of mineral fossils from national origins, voluntary identification and consultation by well-known experts on the spot, and free visits to the whole site.
The exhibition was sponsored by the Shanghai Geological Society, undertaken by the Mineral and Fossil Special Committee of the Society, Shanghai Zhouyi Geology and Mining Teaching Specimen Co., Ltd., and co-organized by the famous Shanghai Laowai Street and Jiangsu Duandegong Crystal Store.
Lao Zou introduced that in addition to being held once a year in spring, it will also be held once in autumn, which is planned to be cultivated for many years to make it a mineral and fossil brand exhibition with international influence and a Tucson exhibition in China!