The two went to the jade hall on the first floor and found that there were several shops dealing in Changhua bloodstone, which aroused Kowloon's strong interest.

I have received a lot of "bloodstone" in Zhangping, this Changhua bloodstone, has long been like thunder, why not ask the store what's going on.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, with a thick Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent, he seems to think it is very strange, these two people should be lovers, at least you must know that the Changhua bloodstone production area is more than 50 kilometers away from here, why not go and see it yourself.

However, after all, he was a businessman, and he did not show displeasure, and he patiently introduced the past and present life of Changhua Bloodstone to the two of Kowloon.

Changhua Bloodstone is a unique precious gemstone in China, with a bright red color like chicken blood and a natural beauty like jade, and has always been as cherished as jewelry jadeite, and is well-known at home and abroad as a "national treasure".

It is produced in Yuyan Mountain, the source of the "Zhejiang West Grand Canyon" in the northwest of Changhua, Lin'an, Zhejiang.

Since the Ming Dynasty, its crafts have been treasured by British museums.

Mao Weiren once treasured and used the two large Changhua bloodstone seals.

The natural beauty of Changhua bloodstone comes from the fact that it is a symbiotic aggregate of cinnabar and kaolinite, dikaiite, pyrophyllite and other minerals.

Cinnabar is the main component of "blood", there are bright red, red, purple red, light red, group fast, striped, star-shaped and other kaolinite, ground stone is the main component of texture, there are white, yellow, red, blue, brown and other colors and translucent, slightly transparent, opaque and other states, Changhua bloodstone according to its color, transparency, gloss and hardness, divided into four categories, more than 100 varieties.

The composition of frozen bloodstone is a natural aggregate composed of cinnabar, ground stone and kaolinite, with a hardness of 2 to 3 degrees, slightly transparent to transparent, and strong waxy luster.

Frozen bloodstone is a famous product in Changhua bloodstone, which has always been the main object of mining.

The main varieties are: horn jelly, Tianhuang jelly, meat cake jelly, peach jelly, agate jelly, mutton fat jelly, glass jelly, cinnabar jelly, hibiscus jelly, colorful jelly, silver ash jelly, bean green jelly and other bloodstones.

The composition of soft ground bloodstone is composed of cinnabar and ground stone, kaolinite and a small amount of alum stone and quartz fine grains, with a certain waxy luster, hardness of 3 to 4 degrees, opaque or partially transparent. With a variety of soft colored stones as the ground, many varieties of blood, blood shape and colorful texture are fused to form a beautiful pattern.

Soft-ground bloodstone is the most common type of bloodstone in Changhua, with production accounting for about 60%.

The main varieties are: black whirlwind, tile gray ground, peach red ground, cinnabar ground, sauce color ground, Qiaoshi ground, white jade, topaz, green jade, flower jade, purple cloud, plate pattern and other bloodstone.

The composition of rigid ground bloodstone is an aggregate of cinnabar and weak or strong silicified dikaiite, kaolinite, alum stone, siliceous components and fine grain quartz, which is divided into two categories: soft and hard.

The hardness of the soft ground is 3 to 5.5 degrees, some of the texture is more fine, there is a feeling of jade skin, opaque, a small amount of slightly transparent, the quality is similar to the soft bloodstone, but the stone is brittle, easy to break, especially under the condition of heat and shock, and the hardness of the hard ground is greater than 5.5 degrees.

Gangdi bloodstone is mainly brownish yellow and light red, most of which are not suitable for carving, and are generally slightly processed to appreciate its natural beauty.

The main varieties are: just gray ground, just brown land, just white land, just pink ground and other bloodstone.

The composition of hard-ground bloodstone is composed of cinnabar and silicified tuff, mainly containing SiO2, with a hardness of more than 6 degrees, some more than 7 degrees, opaque, dry and less light, commonly known as "hard goods".

The texture color is relatively monotonous, mostly gray and white, with a small amount of black and multi-color companions.

Hard-ground bloodstone is difficult to carve and is a low-grade product.

The main varieties are: hard gray ground, hard yellow ground, hard black ground, hard brown ground and other bloodstone.

However, among them, the bright chicken blood is accompanied by the surface of the hard ground, forming a thin skin of single-sided or double-sided chicken blood, commonly known as "skin blood", which is a high-grade or mid-range product, and the harder the texture, the fresher and thicker the associated "chicken blood", the less easy to fade, the good quality is the best material for making handicrafts, and some are only very ornamental after surface polishing.

The main quality of Changhua bloodstone, one is "chicken blood", the other is the texture, mainly depends on whether the stone is clean and delicate.

The red is concentrated, the area is large, bright and pure, and the deep penetrating stone is the top, the red is scattered, it is dotted, and the color is purple or light.

The texture is delicate, clean and clear like jade, translucent, with mutton fat jelly as the top, followed by black jelly.

The all-red and psychic one is called "Da Hong Pao", and the black and white with chicken blood is called "Liu Guanzhang".

After the store was introduced, Jiulong unconsciously associated the bloodstone with the bloodstone that Zhangping picked up on the mountain, and his own is the most similar to the Guilin bloodstone, but the name can be used universally, which is the gray bloodstone.

When Jiulong heard the word horn jelly, he was also stunned for a moment, wasn't he just here to find horn jelly? Could it be similar to bloodstone horn jelly?

He asked the shopkeeper, what is the matter with this horn jelly?

The shopkeeper smiled, this is borrowed from the naming of Shoushan stone, Shoushan stone horn jelly is produced in the pit head hole, the color is ochre black, the black reveals red gas, bright and shiny, there are water lines in the muscles, such as the texture of the horns, so it is named "horn jelly".

The horn jelly in the bloodstone is slightly yellowish and translucent in the gray-black texture, which not only has the color of a horn, but also has the delicacy of a horn.

The color of blood is particularly deep and intense against the backdrop of the frozen ground of the horns.

This variety is produced in every mining area, but it is very rare to be pure and immaculate, and it is one of the famous products in Changhua bloodstone.

Jiulong carefully compared, and found that his Zhangping big red jelly is at least not like the color, he is purple red, and the bloodstone is gray and black, if there is a trace of similarity, it is a horn-like texture in the muscles, this texture, Jiulong remembers to call it shell pattern.

In such a comparison, it is obvious that my big red jelly and the horn jelly mentioned by Bloodstone are not the same concept.

Xiao Qiao had a lot of fun in this paradise on earth, some reluctant, I wanted to play for a few more days, and Jiulong was not good to refuse directly, he told Xiao Qiao euphemistically if he wanted to eat Jinhua ham, which is a well-known good product.

Xiao Qiao himself is a foodie, and he was busy asking where to sell it, Jiulong smiled: "Jinhua, it's our next stop." ”

Xiao Qiao couldn't hear the meaning of the words, so he didn't insist on playing for a few more days, so he followed Kowloon, got on the train, and came to Jinhua.

It is said that Jinhua people play wax stone, more crazy than Jiangxi people, not only crazy in numbers, but also dare to make a big deal and buy at a high price all over the country.

Zhangping big red jelly, hundreds of thousands of transactions, is also their big deal, so this time, Kowloon has to come to find out.