Episode 282 The origin of the golden thread

Here's the question: Yours is Loulan jade, mine is Karamay jade, is Ehe jade worth or Yadan jade? Is Dzungar jade the same as Fuhai Caiyu? Those who say it do not know the essentials, and those who listen are confused.

It is obviously a similar piece of jade, but there are many different names, Yadan jade, Loulan jade, golden silk jade, Ehe colored jade, Fuhai colored jade, Junggar jade, Karamay jade, Hami three-color jade, Shanshan colored jade......

It's time to unify norms and set standards.

The Karamay Municipal Government put the formulation of the "Karamay Jade Local Standards" on the agenda, which was jointly compiled by the Experimental Testing and Research Institute of Xinjiang Oilfield Company, the Karamay Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, the Karamay Tourism Bureau, and the Karamay "Golden Silk Jade" Culture Promotion Association.

Han Feng, secretary general of the Karamay "Golden Silk Jade" Culture Promotion Association, became one of the writers.

Experts and scholars have repeatedly discussed, as the "Belt and Road" bridgehead, Xinjiang, needs to connect the East and the West cultural carriers, "Hetian jade" represents Chinese culture, and according to Egypt, Rome, Xinjiang unearthed cultural relics Liyadan colored jade is a gem and jade recognized by both China and the West, this jade is the carrier of multiple cultures colliding with civilization.

In the end, the experts agreed that it was more appropriate to use "golden silk jade".

The name "Golden Silk Jade" can be connected with the North-South Silk Road, and the Eastern and Western cultures are connected, "gold" represents the meaning of luxury and preciousness, and "silk" represents the Silk Road.

The "golden silk jade" on the Silk Road, blooming between the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, not only represents a culture, but also carries a civilization.

"The name "Golden Silk Jade" is sublimated to the cultural meaning of the Golden Silk Road, which has extraordinary significance.

Jiulong listened to the ins and outs of "Golden Silk Jade" and was very envious: "So, I wish the boss a fortune." ”

"Where, the few dollars you make are thrown into the stones, you see, they are all rich on paper. ”

The boss pointed to the stones all over the store and said helplessly.

"This 'golden silk jade' should be of the same type as Huanglongyu. ”

Kowloon asked, just wanting to further confirm his judgment.

"Yes, to be exact, 'golden silk jade' is also a jade that belongs to quartzite.

"For hundreds of millions of years, the golden silk jade has been baptized by the years on the Gobi Desert, and finally grew into a very stable and excellent jade variety.

"It comes in a variety of colors, including red, yellow, green, black, white...... The same color will also present different levels, the appearance is very beautiful, at the same time, its nature is very stable, unlike Huanglongyu will appear 'dehydration', 'discoloration' phenomenon, the hardness is also very strong, very suitable for being carved into a variety of handicrafts. ”

"In fact, over the years, the craftsmanship level of Shanghai masters and Lingnan masters has indeed become a pair of wings for the soaring price of 'golden silk jade'.

"Of course, it has been out for too short a time, and it does not have the deep historical and cultural accumulation of Hetian jade and jadeite, which is a major flaw that 'golden silk jade' has been criticized. ”

However, Boss Zhu told Jiulong that he had seen a 1,300-year-old tiger handle gold cup in the museum, which was made of red chalcedony, and the "golden silk jade" should be the same quality jade as the current so-called "golden silk jade", which shows that the use history of "golden silk jade" is very long, but because of the inexplicable disappearance of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, its use history was suddenly blocked.

And because the Gobi Desert has been inaccessible since ancient times, the "golden silk jade" has not been known for a long time.

Because silica is so abundant on Earth, chalcedony jade is often considered less "noble".

Boss Zhu specially emphasized that "golden silk jade" is a special quartzite jade.

It is scattered along the Gobi Desert near Devil's Town, and the primary mine has not been found until now.

Now the amount of rough "golden silk jade" in the Gobi Desert is getting smaller and smaller, and this may be an important reason for the rapid increase in its price in recent years.

According to the current investigation and exploration, the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang is the main production area of "golden silk jade".

"Golden silk jade" is mainly exposed and distributed in Altay, Tacheng, Karamay and other areas.

Among them, the Gobi Desert in the area west of Karamay's "Devil's City" is the most famous.

The 60-kilometer radius around the "Devil's Town" is considered to be the best in quality and the largest in production.

Boss Zhu told Jiulong that when he first started to "pick up stones" on the Gobi Desert in 2001, he didn't see anyone for a day.

And now, the desolate Gobi Desert has gathered an army of 100,000 stone pickers.

"Before 2003, when you went to Quarry Beach, it was not a problem for a person to pick up 1,000 catties of 'golden silk jade' a day, but now, you may not even be able to pick up 1 catty, let alone a high-level 'gem light'. ”

I wish the boss to think of the good days in the past, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the price of "golden jade" rough has increased significantly.

"According to the meaning of the boss, now that the price is so high, won't we have no chance to play. ”

Jiulong smiled, and was blown by the boss of the world, and lost the desire to buy.

Boss Zhu obviously also noticed this, just now patronizing Wang Po to sell melons, just to prove the magic of "golden silk jade", it seems that Jiulong was scared, he quickly suggested that in the current time period of high prices, it is best to avoid more high-end varieties.

Don't just want to play "Jewel Light" right away. You can try to start with some low-to-medium and low-priced, relatively complete "golden silk" products.

As long as you have the heart, you can still find things with good cost performance in the current market.

Boss Zhu said that although the current price of the highest-grade "gem light" is 1 gram of 10,000 yuan, the price of the low-grade "golden silk jade" rough is still very rich.

For those who really want to start, there are many opportunities.

Moreover, a piece of "golden silk jade" of dozens of yuan, as long as you find a master who really understands it to carve it, you still have the opportunity to "turn a sparrow into a phoenix".

Jiulong was noncommittal, he changed the topic, now no matter what kind of stone it is, as long as it is fried, there will be counterfeit and shoddy things, and there is no good way to identify it.

"Don't worry about this, I'll teach you a few ways to ensure that you won't be deceived. ”

I wish the boss great hospitality.

One is to use glass to test its hardness, the hardness of gold silk jade Mohs scale reaches about 6.8--7.2, take the glass on it and scratch it generally will not leave traces, if it is a synthetic gold silk jade with low hardness, it will leave traces, but now many imitation materials also choose some jade with high hardness, which will also leave no traces.

The second is to check the color of the golden silk jade, the golden silk jade only has four categories of colors: white, yellow, red, and color, and there are green ones in the legend, but they have never been seen, so if you meet green golden silk jade, the designation is fake.