The eleventh is jasper.

Jasper is scattered in the Suhongtu volcanic belt and its outer Gobi Desert.

It is mainly tan, and a small number of colors are red, green, and yellow.

Its stone is delicate and hard, opaque, and the internal structure is uniform, with few stripes of different colors.

The original rock is mostly vein-like and filled in various fissures of the lava, so the stone form is often simple and simple, and sometimes cracked into small fragments.

The size of the block is generally 5-20 cm, and the largest is more than 0.5 m.

A small number of people produced in lava vents and cavities often show a variety of strange and generous shapes and are fascinating, and small pieces of jasper sometimes form vivid pictographic stones.

The twelfth is the old skin jasper.

Laopi jasper refers to those jasper with thick brownish-red and brownish-black old pulp, which are concentrated in the low mountainous areas of the volcanic rock belt on the north side of Yingen, and a small amount is found in the west of Suhongtu and Urad Agate Lake.

Its original rock is mostly brown jasper, and there are few red and green jasper.

It is dominated by mountain-shaped landscape stones and abstract stones, and some pictographic stones.

The block degree is mostly 5-50 cm, and occasionally up to about 1 meter.

The old skin jasper is highly respected by the stone world for its rough atmosphere, humble and majestic shape, ancient and mellow, thick and colorful old stone skin, and broad and vigorous charm.

The thirteenth is a honeycomb stone.

Honeycomb stone is widely distributed in the Suhongtu volcanic rock belt and its vicinity, is the wind erosion product of stomatal basalt and andesite, which is red, brown, gray and black, the surface is smooth and clean, the shape is tactful and tortuous, exquisite ups and downs, the holes are connected, the water is smoked, and the atmosphere is ancient.

The lumpiness is usually 10-30 cm, and the appearance is sometimes animal-like, but more often it shows strange peaks and mountains.

When the stomata is filled with various colors of agate almond body, it has a unique charm, and the local herdsmen call it "rich stone".

The fourteenth is Huangshi Sui.

This kind of modeling stone only exists in the north of Alxa in Xiaoyagan and other places, is the flint mass of weathering and falling off in the proterozoic marble, the stone color is turmeric, brown yellow, part of the ochre brown, dignified and simple, the quality is fine and firm, and the sound of gold is hit.

The body is thin, transparent, leaky, rich in curve changes, exquisite and elegant, quite has the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese classical stone appreciation, the general block degree is 5-20 cm, some can be monolithic elegant appreciation, most of them are suitable for making bonsai.

The fifteenth is the mille-feuille.

Melaleucaite is scattered in the Alxa Proterozoic distribution area, and the original rock is siliceous banded dolomite marble.

The slightly transparent siliceous bands in the stone are alternately arranged with blue-gray dolomite, changing frequently, forming a fine and gorgeous layered rhythm.

Due to the difference in weathering, it has created a mille-feuille stone with uneven appearance, strange and beautiful, and a variety of postures.

Occasionally, there are white quartz veins interspersed, like a waterfall flowing spring, adding a bit of aura, becoming a rare landscape stone, and its block degree is mostly 10-30 cm.

The sixteenth is opal.

In the 70s of the 20th century, Mr. Yan found layered and lenticular opal in the Early Cretaceous sedimentary layer of Tamusin in Alxa Right Banner, and vein-like opal was also seen in Yagan and other places.

In recent years, the opal produced in the Sirat area, also known as "Yinshan Snow Jade", is mostly produced in a lump, white-blue-white, fine texture, often mixed with gray-black peat, and the lump degree is generally 10-30 cm.

The seventeenth is miscellaneous stones.

In addition to the above 16 main subspecies, there are also some stones with different lithology and aesthetic characteristics, and Mr. Yan temporarily classifies them into the subspecies of miscellaneous stones.

Such as glass agate, cypress agate, yellow layer agate, agate beads, black pyroxene slate Gobi stone (herdsmen call it "black jasper"), quartzite, miscellaneous marble, limestone and sandstone Gobi stone.

Mr. Yan specifically pointed out that the diversity of Alxa Gobi stones is far more complex than his division of its subspecies.

Not only are the miscellaneous subspecies likely to diverge further in the future, but new subspecies may also be discovered, especially during underground mining.

Past practice has also shown that sometimes different subspecies coexist on the same ornamental stone, such as the symbiosis of agate and jasper, the symbiosis of moire agate and chrysanthemum agate, and even the symbiosis of agate and crystal.

The reasonable classification of Alxa Gobi stone from the scientific and aesthetic perspective is not only an important part of its research and understanding, but also the basis for appreciation, appraisal and price evaluation, and will also guide its further search, development and utilization, and even promote the sublimation of theoretical research.

People have renewed expectations for Alxa Gobi stone, and Mr. Yan is also looking forward to the discovery of new subspecies of Alxa Gobi stone.

There are indeed enough strange stones in the Alxa Gobi Desert, Jiulong expressed his gratitude to Mr. Yan for his detailed introduction, and then sent the picture of the agate heart on his mobile phone to Mr. Yan and asked him if he had ever seen this type?

Mr. Yan looked at it curiously for a long time: "Where is your agate? ”

After Jiulong replied that it was Brazilian agate, Mr. Yan replied: "It is indeed rare, this situation is one in a million, you have to cherish it." ”

Kowloon expressed his gratitude, then stood up and took a closer look at the strange stones in the Du Guild Hall.

President Du attaches great importance to the layout of the strange stone hall, which is basically a stone and a frame, displayed separately, and some box plants are often placed next to the stone, which is rigid and soft with the stone, which contrasts with each other.

After making the call, President Du walked in, and he pointed to one of the desert paints inside and asked what does Kowloon look like?

This stone is about 30 centimeters high and 50 centimeters long, the whole body is golden, and the dynamic is strong, quite like a "dancing lion".

"Lion, President Du should have a purpose in asking me such a simple question. ”

A stone that can be seen so easily, Kowloon blurted out almost without thinking, is there any allusion to this stone?

"Xiao Huang is smart, you can see it. ”

President Du gave a thumbs up.

It turns out that in recent years, the Gobi stone of Alxa has continued to be hot, and even if the current stone market is cold, it has not been able to cool it down at all.

Due to the uninterrupted flocking of stone friends from all over the country and even many abroad, a large number of high-quality strange stones in Alxa have flowed out.

On the one hand, this has caused the depletion of Alxa strange stone resources, and on the other hand, it has enhanced the economic strength of Alxa strange stone collectors.

In the past few years, he has spent more than 10 million yuan to buy back the Alxa Strange Stone, and this year alone, he spent more than 4 million yuan to buy back more than 20 pieces from other places.

Among them, the most expensive piece is as high as 3 million, which is the one he bought back from Xi'an, which is this lion.

Generous!

Jiulong looked at this stone and couldn't help but smack his tongue.

Teacher Wang Tianran exchanged the house for stones, President Du used a lot of RMB to smash it, there is no shortage of madmen in the stone world, Jiulong thinks about himself, he just wants to do this, and there is not enough money in his pocket, let alone this charm.

President Du also showed Kowloon a black and white agate called "National Treasure", which was extremely rare and regarded by him as a treasure.

He said that over the years, although there are many buyers who frequently offer high prices, he has been unmoved, and he has also widely publicized this stone, so many stone friends have seen this stone in various strange stone media.