Shengshi Collection Chapter 52 Water Urchin Agate

Mu Yu whispered in Tang Feng's ear, "Is this true or fake?"

The trade in raw materials in Sangzhutag is a spontaneous trade with no official regulation. The trading method is looser. In a situation where no one is looking. Tang Feng can feel free to inspect this auspicious cloud sprinkled with gold, of course. Many pairs of eyes, including the owner of this piece of jade, will stare at the person who inspects the material. There is no opportunity to transfer the package. Tang Feng took the auspicious clouds weighing 2' catties in his hand and said to Lin Muyu: "Ken is real." ”

Where there is a genuine product, there must be a fake. There are also falsifications in the same way. Counterfeit jade is easy to distinguish. Anyone with a little experience can see it. In addition to Tian Yu's unique bright sweat pores. It can also be distinguished from the smoothness and glossiness of the real jade, which has been washed and tempered by thousands of years of water. The shape must be streamlined. Smooth, rounded and delicate. The fake baby is post-processed and polished. The shape is far less natural than that of real jade. The real jade skin is a natural color. The finer the structure, the higher the gloss of the color. And fake jade is the opposite. The coarser the structure, the higher the gloss. Because these areas are prone to absorbing dyes. Counterfeit jade may have the same characteristics as real jade in one respect. But when taken together, there is nothing to hide. These lessons have been learned from generation to generation with money and even blood and tears.

"This piece of auspicious clouds is worth a lot of money, right?" Of course, Lin Muyu understood that this thing would be very expensive. There's Tang Feng here. She wondered what it was worth.

In ancient times. The discovery of the skin color jade is definitely going to be a tribute. Modern times, of course, are not needed. It is completely free to trade Tang Feng said: "About 000000." "You get what you pay for. The egg yolk and Tian jade that Tang Feng bought last time were worth 00,000 kilograms. Pear blossom white one million. And such auspicious clouds are sprinkled with gold - 3.5 million kilograms. There are many colored jades. The key is to look at the shape, color position and shade of the color skin, as well as the glossiness. This piece of jade white golden yellow skin. Excellent matching. The value is naturally high.

The fourth child who had just come over looked at the auspicious clouds and said, "The cost of this thing is too high." Suitable for collections only. Not suitable for business. ”

Tang Feng recognized Li Laosi's opinion. "Indeed," he said. Not very interested. "Tang Feng doesn't have the strength to compete for this piece of fine jade now.

Du Jiyuan said: "The question is. After this piece of jade is handed over. They'll definitely have to buy other ingredients. The price was raised by them. ”

Li Si patted Tang Feng's shoulder and said, "Little Tang." You know why I'm going to make jade stones, right? The proportion of Hetian jade's gambling stones is too small. There is not much bare material without stone skin. The cost is high and scary. It's better to bet on the jade and the stone. At the very least, you can take a gamble. ”

Tang Feng smiled. Light said to Li Laosi: "Isn't there only a gambling stone left after they have picked it?"

Li Laosi nodded knowingly. said, "Then sit down." ”

Tang Feng: When they looked at this cloud, they were already bargaining. The materials here are marked with the owner's name, and you can directly negotiate the price with the owner when you see it. The trading process is not complicated. An hour later, the better ones on the big table had been sold out. Big fish and big meat have been eaten. The master of the chunks kept leaving. In the end, there were only a few left waiting for the soup.

Predators like Yang Chengming and Jiang Yuan were not present. The little crocodiles quickly fed and left. The pond of Sanzhutag began to fall silent. Tang Feng and the rest of the merchants began to choose a stone worth gambling on among the few left. Since the people who left in front of them were all connoisseurs. So the rest of the things are very ordinary, several merchants didn't choose a good one for a long time, and they all sat back. Then. Djibouti walked over and said to the rest: "Distinguished guests. Two big mountains have just been brought back from outside. Do you want to check it out?" a group of buyers immediately became interested. Followed Djibouti out. Li Laosi asked Tang Fengdao, "Why don't you go out and have a look?"

Tang Feng shook his head. said: "I don't want to rob anyone." That would only drive up the price. I'll take a look at the rest. ”

Li Laosi said: "Then let's go and join in the fun." See you later. ”

"I'll see you later. "Li Laosi and Du Jiyuan left. Tang Feng began to systematically check the rest of the stock. He hasn't finished reading it yet. Those who went out have returned. Tang Feng asked Li Laosi, "What's wrong?"

Li Laosi shook his head and said: "= material is mountain material." There is no way to compare with the mountains and rivers and the raw materials. The whole thing is just an ordinary stone. There are no characteristics of jade at all. ”

Tang Feng said very strangely: "They are all people who have been in contact with mountain materials all year round. You can't even tell the difference, can you?"

Li Laosi whispered to Tang Feng: "Of course I believe that they will not be unable to distinguish between them. I'm afraid that they are deliberately confused. The mountain material weighed a ton. Not at all. Directly open 00,000. Who would dare to bet on it?"

Listen to what Li Laosi said. Tang Feng was interested. He said, "Go and see."

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As soon as Tang Feng went out, he looked at the half-man tall piece of mountain material outside the courtyard, which was half a cubic meter high. This piece of mountain skin is earthy yellow and very rough. On a river beach or in a park, no one thinks it has anything to do with jade. It's no wonder that those people just now took a look at it. Let's not talk about whether it can produce jade. Whether this stone is a mountain material or not needs to be gambled.

Generally speaking. The quality of the seed material is definitely better than that of the mountain material. Many people are buying Hetian jade when they are there. Only pick the seed material and do not consider the mountain material. Compared to mountain water seeds. The largest mountain material

There is no quality transportation that has passed. Without the wool of this process, it is the same as the lack of stir-frying. Cooked is cooked. It can also be eaten. It's just tasteless. Naturally, the price is greatly discounted.

Tang Feng approached this piece of mountain material. The upper hand knocked. Stocky enough. Due to the weight of this stone. It is inevitable to bump and bump during the handling process. There was a lot of rubble left on it. Tang Feng casually picked up a few pieces of gravel and looked at them. I feel that there is a change in the part of this stone. It should be mountain material. It's hard to say with or without jade.

- All kinds of objects have density. There is a definite relationship between density, volume and weight. The greater the density, the smaller the volume, judging from the stones in Tang Feng's hands. If this stone is the same as it looks. It shouldn't be so small. Other words. The density of this stone is greater than that of the outside. There's definitely something going on inside. As for whether it is jade or not. You can only know by cutting it.

The density of jade is definitely different from that of stone. This is also one of the evidences to determine whether a stone is a gambling stone, and it is impossible to take a stone and say that it is a gambling stone.

The owner of this piece of mountain material is at the gate of the courtyard. Tang Feng turned around and asked him, "How is this sold?"

The stone owner had no words. Just stretched out five fingers and shook them at Tang Feng. Tang Feng shook his head and smiled. He held out a finger and said, "You're asking too much." The risk of this stone is too great. No one would dare to gamble at such a large price. "The odds of winning a bet on this big guy are very slim. Most people are not sure at all, and Tang Feng is only one percent sure. It's like 10 people gambling. Everyone has only a 1 in 10 chance of winning.

The owner of the mountain material smiled. "Brother." You are not sincere. ”

Tang Feng said very recognizantly: "I am willing to make this bet." If you have more, you really don't dare. ”

The owner of the mountain material stretched out four fingers. said: "It's the lowest price." ”

Something that opens 50,000 is 100 less all of a sudden. It shows that his offer is not much based on this kind of mountain material, which cannot be calculated in points. It can be valuated. Tang Feng said: "It seems that it doesn't make sense for me to be at most 00000." Don't want any more. Think about it. ”

Tang Feng went to Li Laosi's side and said to him: "There are no good things here, are there any other ways?"

Li Laosi said: "Liushtag is too far away. I can't go now. We can go back to Hotan from the Iron Creektag. But. Most of them don't have the bare material of the stone skins there. There is basically no Hetian jade gambling stone. ”

"It's better to gamble less on stones. I'm scared myself. Tang Feng said: "You can't rely on gambling on everything to do business, it's time to purchase naked materials." ”

Li Laosi said: "Okay, I'll lead the way." Let's go. ”

The four of them got into the car, and Li Laosi asked Tang Fengdao while starting the steam: "Don't you plan to ask for this piece of mountain material?"

Tang Dao: "I can only come out so much." Don't dare to gamble anymore. ”

Li Laosi said: "If you want me to say 500,000, it's almost the same." "Soon. The car starts. Li Laosi was just about to step on the accelerator. The owner of the mountain material ran over and knocked on the window. Li Laosi smiled and said to Tang Feng: "Your price is too high." ”

Tang Feng said: "I'm too lazy to worry about him." Shoot when it's time to make a move. And then. Tang Feng opened the car door and got out of the car. Although the mountain food does not need to be eaten at home. But how much will take up the point of the party. It's also a hassle to move around. Since there is no want. The owner of the mountain material was also sold to Tang Feng. The deal was completed quickly. The owner of the mountain material called his companion to hurriedly move this piece of mountain material onto the Great Wall pickup. This pickup truck lives up to its name. It's very leathery. It doesn't feel like a big stone on it. The four of them rushed all the way to Iron Creektag.

Both bare and semi-bare materials are clearly priced. The four of them didn't spend long in Iron Creektag, and Tang Feng returned with a full load. This time, Tang Feng spent a total of more than 3 million. The purchased children are mainly green and white jade, green jade and ordinary topaz with lower prices. With a small amount of black jade. The price of white jade and high-grade topaz is simply too high. Tang Feng didn't buy it.

It's all lumps of stone. The cost of transportation can not be low. The cheapest railway consignment also cost Tang Feng tens of thousands of yuan. Everything is in order. That's it. Purchase consignment consignment purchase for several days. Of the 1 million around Tang Feng, only 30,000 remained.

Day 5. Li Laosi came to the hotel to find Tang Feng, who was already preparing to return to Beijing. He said to Tang Feng: "I brought you a piece of half-good and half-bad news.

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Tang Feng asked him, "Is it a water urchin agate?"

"Yes. Li Laosi nodded and said, "Then you should guess where the good is and where the bad is?"

"You're half good and half bad. Can I still not know?" Tang Feng said: "The appraisal experts in Urumqi didn't give the master any good news, right?"

Li Laosi said: "This situation was originally to be kept secret. But I know the owner of the water urchin agate. He told me personally. Identification experts determined that it was a piece of agate. But it is not considered to be water urchin agate. Now he has no intention of making a move. ”

Tang Feng looked at it quite openly. "There's no hope for this," he said. For better or for worse. Let's take a look first. ”

Li Laosi said: "I also want to hear your judgment. Let's go. ”

Tang Feng called Lin Muyu, who was packing his luggage. The three of them rushed to the shop of the owner of the agate together, and Li Laosi was very familiar with the owner of the agate. His name is Pan --。 Opened a shop called "Yuyuan". Mainly engaged in Hetian jade. Arrived at the "Jade Edge". Pan Jianyue angrily invited Tang Feng and them to sit down. And let the guy make tea. A few people chatted over tea. Jianyue said: "Alas, I really don't want to. A piece of water urchin agate only. Why is it so hard to identify?"

Tang Feng said: "It's not either

Water urchin agate is too easy to fake. ”

Tang Feng was embarrassed to urge Jianyue. Li Ke didn't have that kind of worry. He said to Pan Jianyue bluntly: "Old Pan." Take it out and show it to this brother first. ”

"Yo. Pan Jianyue hurriedly apologized. He said: "I almost forgot about my business when I poured tea. Let's wait a minute. I'll take it out. ”

After a while. Pan Jianyue took out a hammer-shaped colored stone and put it on the coffee table. He said to Tang Feng: "Everyone is an acquaintance. I'll tell you the truth. I bought it for 300,000 yuan from a jade picker in Lyusthtag. This must be the difficulty of the agate rough stone, and it is not a real agate urchin or not. ”

Tang Feng approached the agate and began to observe it carefully. The origin of the name agate is now impossible to verify. It is an agate rough stone that is similar in shape to a cut horse's brain. That's why people call it agate. Agate can be divided into "chalcedony" and "agate", and the rough agate with simple texture and color is called "chalcedony". Colorful, complex, striped agate rough is called agate.

The formation of agate is very complex. It goes back more than 100 million years. There are many agate products in the world. The mining history is also long. Agate is recorded in both the Christian Bible and the Buddhist texts. In the East. Agate is one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism and has been used as a talisman to ward off evil spirits since ancient times.

Most of this agate is translucent and distinctly colored. The strips are clear, the layering is very obvious, the color is bright and bright. It's really like a product. Pan Jianyue handed Tang Feng a piece of Hetian jade. said: "Try this and you'll know." ”

Tang Feng held Tian Ziyu in his hand and swiped back and forth on the surface of the agate rough several times. There were no traces left on it. Real agate has a hardness of up to 775 on the Mohs scale. There is no trace of jade on the surface of the rough stone. Fake agate is mostly imitated by other stones. Softer than true agate. Traces can be scratched with jade.

Sure it's agate. Now it's time to look at the water. Water urchin agate is the most precious variety of agate. The so-called "guts". It refers to the closed cavity in the agate, if there is naturally formed water in the gall of the naturally formed agate. It's called water urchin agate.

Water, agate is better to be "bold" and "water". Water urchin agate with high transparency and no cracks and blemishes is an excellent jade carving material. So Chen Yan thought about finding a piece of water urchin agate to participate in the Jade Carving Grand Prix. Something naturally beautiful. The odds of the prize will of course be very high.

From one side of this agate, you can clearly see the water inside the agate. Tang Feng asked Pan Jianyue, "Can you shake it?"

Pan Jianyue said with a smile: Shake it with confidence. Didn't ask. ”

Li Laosi said: "I don't know how many times this thing has been shaken. Absolutely no water. ”

Tang Feng after shaking. "There's plenty of water in there," he said. ”

Pan Jianyue said with a wry smile: "This is the trouble. It is too contrary to the qualitative appearance and climatic conditions of Xinjiang's region. So far. Water urchin agate with such a high water content has not been found in the range. ”

Tang continued to ask Pan Jianyue: "Didn't the appraisal experts use instruments?"

Pan Jianyue shook his head and said, "I have used everything that can be used." It didn't work. The most critical question is: This agate has a long and narrow crack inside it. The crack is connected to the water urch. One end extends to a square of nearly one centimeter from the surface of the agate. And here there happens to be a late-stage mineral the size of a toothpick head blocking the water inside. Analyzed. This late mineral is a natural silica crystal. This is a characteristic that modern counterfeiting technology has broken through. Scientific instruments can't tell the difference. ”

Li Laosi said: "There is a simple and direct identification method. Don't you dare to try. ”

"It's not that I don't dare. I can't give it up. Pan Jianyue said: "It's easy to take water out for identification, but isn't this water urchin agate wasted?"

"Brother Li's method is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs. It's really not worth the cost. Tang Feng asked Pan Jianyue seriously: "Are you going to sell this thing?"

Pan Jianyue nodded and said, "As long as the price is right." No problem. ”

"That's right. Tang Feng said: "I have a friend who wants to participate in the Stone Carving and Jade Carving Grand Prix, if there is such a thing." The success rate will be greatly increased. Boss Pan might as well make a price. ”

Pan Jianyue thought about it. said: "Honestly. I also think it's real water urchin agate. It's just that there is a lack of a genuine appraisal certificate. If you want. I'm a little embarrassed. The price is not too low. ”

Tang Feng shook his head secretly. Today's collectors care too much about the appraisal report. Almost regarded the appraisal report as a card of life and death. He said, "It's okay if you make a price." ”

Pan Jianyue said: "100,000. I wouldn't really sell it without it. You can still think of a way to keep it. ”

The price of 100,000 is really not low. Even if it's a real agate. The price is only 300,000. It's just that the owner generally doesn't sell it. Of course. If it's fake. Jianyue's purchase price of 30,000 yuan was lost. But. Tang Feng still decided to buy it. He said, "That's good." I don't come to be a friend. 100,000 is 100,000. ”

Pan Jian--said that the deal was made. ”

The rest is fine. Tang Feng paid the money. The water urchin agate is his. When Pan Jianyue sent them out, Tang Feng said: "I won't regret selling things to you." I just want to know your judgment. What do you think?"