Chapter Twenty-Eight: The True Value of Jadeite

This is true not only for diamonds, but for all single crystalline gemstones, they have a single elemental composition. The www.biquge.info has a large number of reserves deep in the earth's crust, but it is a pity that human technology has no way to mine deep into the strata below hundreds of thousands of meters or even millions of meters before the 22nd century. They can only pick up the little bits that have been brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions like garbage, so they are precious, but it does not mean that they are really precious. In fact, they are worthless, and in the 22nd century, when deep underground mining technology matured, diamonds and other single crystalline gemstones ushered in a frenzy. At that time, diamonds and other single crystal gemstones were priced at one price a day, and the price was lower every day than yesterday. Even in the end, a big diamond was thrown on the ground, and no one picked it up, which is known as the "gem bubble" in history.

This is actually easy to understand, for example, during the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the whole world was in the Bronze Age, and the smelting technology of copper was very backward at that time. The annual production of copper in the world is very low. Low production does not mean that the actual world reserves of copper are low. We now know that copper is the most widely available metal in the world. But people didn't know that, because they only got a little bit a year. So at that time, copper was called gold, and copper was the main material for coinage for a period of time, and it was a hard currency. It can be seen that copper was precious at that time, but what happened later? Everyone knows that copper is only a few dollars a pound now, isn't it?

Diamonds and the like are actually equivalent to copper, and our mining technology for diamonds is in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

The "jewel bubble" in history was terrible, and many people went bankrupt overnight. But many Chinese get rich overnight because Chinese play jade. Jade is a gemstone with an extremely complex composition. Its complication lies in the fact that, although its composition is derived from the earth's crustal magma, like diamonds, it is indeed a mixture, and it is formed by special changes on the surface of the earth's crust over millions or millions of years. In fact, each type of jade is unique. In addition to its origin, jade from other places, even if the composition is similar, will be different.

This is why jadeite is only produced in Myanmar, because it is difficult to produce similar jade anywhere except for the environment there.

But why, for a long time, single-crystal gems have dominated the gemstone world. Because once the most developed and richest countries in the world were all in the West. Westerners, on the other hand, are simple-minded, at least for gemstones. They are accustomed to measuring everything by a simple quantitative standard. The same is true for gemstones, and there is the so-called 4C standard. Single-crystal gemstones are a good fit for the simple 4Cs. With a simple instrument, you can grade a diamond very quickly. And jade has no quantifiable standards at all, who can use instruments to grade jadeite?

Each type of jade has different and complex measurements, such as jadeite, species, water, color, and bottom. There is only one species, such as glass species, high ice species, ice species, ice glutinous species, glutinous rice species, and so on. Foreigners are estimated to be dizzy when they hear such things. So they are very convinced of gems, knowing that they can only play some simple things, and they can't play if they are too advanced and artistic, just like a brain teaser, they can only mix at the age of three or four years old.

There was a **** in history, and it was stupid enough to use a standard similar to 4C to measure jadeite. However, after the 22nd century, the whole world has accepted the cultural study of jade in China.

The evaluation of jadeite began to be distinguished by species, water, and color. However, after the 22nd century, jadeite has a very standard grading.

The principle of this grading is also the willingness to cause the value of jadeite to skyrocket. Because in the 22nd century, a major breakthrough has been made in the evolution of human genetics, which has extended the life span of human beings, strengthened their physique, become more powerful, and more powerful, and since then they have moved towards the road of superhuman evolution. This major breakthrough was made by a Chinese gemologist and biologist Li Yunzhe. Through a series of complex instruments, he magically extracted a magical energy from the jadeite. This kind of energy can accelerate the continuous evolution of human individuals, so that adult individuals can continue to absorb this ability through martial arts cultivation, so as to become more powerful and live longer.

This energy was named "life energy", and since then jadeite has also had a new name "life jade" and "spirit jade".

The world after the 22nd century is inseparable from jadeite. Medicine, evolution, military, many high-tech fields are indispensable. In particular, the cultivation of martial artists is extremely dependent on it.

And the interesting thing is that the same piece of jadeite contains completely different life energy. This is the standard for people to suddenly discover the advantages and disadvantages of jadeite in ancient China, which is completely correct and scientific. A piece of jadeite with good seeds, water and color will inevitably have strong life energy. The standard for judging jadeite by the ancients can be said to be completely based on the amount of life energy.

This makes it possible to measure the amount of life energy through an instrument, and completely grade a piece of jadeite. In the same way, by planting water color and looking at it with the naked eye, the amount of life energy can also be measured.

Finally, when the life energy in the jade is consumed, it will also transform and degrade, and even the external characteristics will change rapidly. This has also made jadeite a non-renewable resource that human beings need the most. As jadeite resources become less and less, the price is naturally soaring.

In 2189, one of the largest wars ever fought on Mars. The countries of the world have invested as many as 1.2 billion troops in a valley on Mars, which is no more than 500 meters high and only 300 kilometers long and wide, and fought a war that lasted for 18 years. And the fuse of the war was found in this valley, the jadeite mine that was almost exhausted on the earth, and the reserves were huge.

This war is known as the "First Emerald War", and the war also prompted the emergence of the three major alliances of the solar system, the European Union Empire, the United States and the United States, and the China Alliance, and entered the era of the three solar systems.

In 2263, Saturn once again broke out in a large-scale war that lasted for twelve years, and the three major alliances gathered more than two billion troops on Saturn, just to compete for the large jade mine discovered by Saturn, known as the "Second Emerald War".

All this shows the preciousness of jadeite. Jadeite is the most expensive gemstone of the twenty-fourth century.

All this information flowed quickly from Li Fan's mind. Looking at the two pieces of jadeite rough in front of me, I was a little excited. Such a high-grade item, but Li Fan had no chance to touch it before.

"Boss, how do you sell this stone?" Li Fan said, pointing to one of the stones

The stall man glanced at it and said with a smile: "Little brother, you really have a vision! This is a jade rough stone." This piece is 200,000. ”

"200,000, why don't you grab it, you say it's a jadeite rough stone, it's a jadeite rough." Li Fan said: "How can you prove that this is from Mars or Saturn? Don't fool me, the jade rough of Mars, the stone skin has a flame red, and the jade rough of Saturn has a unique imperial yellow of Saturn. Look at your piece of gray and dark red, from which river you picked it up. ”

Mi Xin on the side also frowned slightly, this boss really opened his eyes and said nonsense. But I'm also quite surprised that this little fat man in front of me, who is not good-looking, still knows a lot, but he is not afraid of being deceived.

The man pouted and said, "This is really a jadeite rough, this is a jadeite rough stone handed down by my ancestors, and it is said to be a jadeite rough from Myanmar on the earth three hundred years ago." In fact, the man did not believe it in his heart, but he bought it from a peasant for five hundred yuan. The other party said that it was a jade rough stone passed down by the ancestors, and the man didn't believe it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thrown it here.

"Oh!" Mi Xin heard this, his willow eyebrows jumped lightly, his heart moved, and he picked up the stone and looked at it carefully. The more I look at it, the more frightened I become, really, look at this shell, look at this appearance, it is really very similar to the extinct and legendary Burmese jade rough cut by wood.

Skillfully taking out the magnifying glass, Mi Xin looked more carefully, and the more he looked, the more sure he was that this was really the jade rough of ancient Myanmar.

When the man saw it, he smiled and said, "Why, beauty, you are an expert! I am not wrong about this stone!"

Mi Xin frowned, the stone was right, but it was a worthless commodity that had been cut. To say that jadeite is really a magical gemstone, until the 24th century, human science and technology, still can not penetrate the surface of the jadeite layer of the stone skin, even a high-level perspective ability, can not see the situation in the jadeite rough. Therefore, the gambling stone is still hot after centuries.

Coupled with the high value of jadeite today, the wind of counterfeiting is even more rampant. In particular, many unscrupulous businessmen, after getting the rough stone, will cut it themselves, and after cutting it down, they will glue the cut rough stone together with special glue, and the work is almost seamless, even many experts can be wide-eyed. Mi Xin took a closer look just now, and in the middle of this rough stone, there was a straight slit that was indelible with a twenty-fold magnifying glass and was almost ignored. Apparently someone has tampered with it.

The fact is that the stall owner, when the man got the stone, cut it himself, trying to try his luck and see if there was any jade in it, but the cut collapsed, and it stuck to deceive people.

Mi Xin didn't speak, Li Fan said: "Ten thousand, I want it." ”

"Little brother, add more!" The man said, "I have to lose the price you offered." ”

Seeing that Li Fan was moved and not deceived, although the man was eager to dispose of this unexpected stone immediately, he still bargained quietly.

"It's just 10,000, I don't have more!" Li Fan said directly

"Don't, 50,000, it's appropriate for you to take it!"

"Just 10,000. ”

The man said: "Little brother, this is a good jade rough, if there is a good jade in it, you can make a lot of money, and you still care about this 120,000." ”

"Come less!" Li Fan said: "There are really goods inside, why don't you cut it yourself? I will pay another 5,000 yuan, do you like to sell it?"

was told about the central matter, but the man still said stiffly: "Thirty thousand, no matter how little, I really can't buy it." ”

"Fifteen thousand. Li Fan said

Mi Xin coughed and said, "Young man, don't look at it, it's not good to buy it!"