Throwing Lu Ningshuang on this small beach to continue to treasure the earth, Li Yi picked up the hoe, he was going to go around, and by the way, he would get out the diamonds that were buried more shallow and had relatively large particles first. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As for how to explain to Lu Ningshuang and Hongchen, he had already thought of a reason, it was impossible to find diamonds directly on the ground, but the probability of discovering associated ores was not small.

Moreover, there is also a great advantage of this explanation, that is, he can command Hongchen and them to carry out directional excavation, although they still need to go through a lot of screening before they can dig out the diamonds, but compared to asking them to turn over the entire ground and then wash out the diamonds, I don't know how many times easier.

When he first discovered that there were diamond mines here, Li Yi had also seen this area roughly, but this time he mainly wanted to determine the scope of the mineral deposits, paying more attention to the surrounding area, and once he found diamonds or associated mines, he would skip a distance, so there was not much to discover.

This time is different, this time he plans to use a carpet inspection, as much as possible to get all the large diamonds that can be found within a meter of the ground.

The reason why he limited the perspective distance to less than one meter is not that he doesn't want to see deeper, or that he is afraid that the perspective will be deep, but mainly because if he really finds an oversized diamond dozens of meters underground, isn't he guilty of himself?

You must know that ordinary diamond mines have to be excavated hundreds of meters deep underground, and even some veins have to be dug to one or two hundred meters before they can be discovered. This diamond mine is on the surface, which in itself is a very lucky thing.

However, even on the surface, it does not mean that it is not without difficulty.

Compared with the perspective of jadeite and ruby, colorless diamonds will be relatively difficult to see, because in his perspective of vision, what he sees is not all the real color of the underground. Generally speaking, the soil will show several different degrees of grayish white within his line of sight, and most of the time, it will also slightly emit a faint white fluorescence.

In this range, if there are things with different colors, it is easy for him to spot, but it is precisely because of the color that when looking for diamonds that are mostly colorless, they are more likely to be affected by grass roots, rocks and some associated minerals.

There are not many associated minerals of diamonds, mainly olivine, phlogopite, pyroxene, garnet, etc., among which olivine and garnet will not be too expensive even if the quality reaches gem quality, so if it is not for the discovery of special particles worth collecting, Li Yi is definitely too lazy to dig.

It's just that, compared with the usually colorless diamonds, these associated minerals are more vivid in color, and the particles are much larger, so many times, it is these associated minerals that attract his attention, and the real diamonds are more likely to be ignored in the past.

In addition, even if a diamond can emit fluorescence, it is easy to be confused with the inherent fluorescence in his perspective vision, so after just looking at it for a while, Li Yi found that it did not seem to be a particularly easy thing to achieve his goal.

"What are you doing running around? Is it possible to find diamonds in this way? ”

With an irrepressible smile on her face, Lu Ningshuang clenched her small fists tightly and ran to his side, questioning his seemingly lazy behavior.

Li Yi didn't pay attention to her expression, he looked down at the ground while flickering according to the reason he had thought of before,

"It's hard to say! Did you know that gems like this usually have associated minerals? In many cases, depending on the color of the soil, it is possible to determine whether there are associated ores, or if some of the associated ores are already on the ground......"

"Huh? How easy is it to dig for diamonds? ”

"It's not that simple, it's just that this mine is special, it's very shallow, and no one has excavated it before......"

As he spoke, he picked up a brown mica block from the ground.

"You see, this is the associated phlogopite, dig from this place, you will definitely be able to dig diamonds!"

Lu Ningshuang took the mica and looked at it, and then threw it on the ground.

"You're like this, I don't have a sense of accomplishment, hmph, I won't play with you anymore!"

She clenched her fist hard, and the peanut-sized rough diamond in her palm gave her a very solid feeling, but she still didn't tell Li Yi in the end that she was going to find another bigger one.

Seeing Lu Ningshuang running back to the river beach, Li Yi didn't realize that she actually wanted to come over to show off, but secretly guessed in her heart, I don't know how long it will take for her to find the big diamond of more than ten carats.

After marking this place, Li Yi changed places and continued to look down.

Little by little, his gaze moved underground, and slowly, a fresh and magical feeling filled his heart.

Before, he had seen through a large area of the underground in Chang'an, but at that time, the goal was clear, and the size of the underground terracotta warriors and horses was relatively large, so he was not worried about missing it at all, so he never paid careful attention to what would be under the ground.

This time, because the diamond particles were too small and there were too many distractions, he looked through more carefully, but slowly experienced a different kind of fun.

Soil, grass roots, sand, earthworms, ants, and some unknown insects and their burrows form a relatively complete ecological circle on the surface of the earth.

Compared with the monotony and quietness of the imaginary underground world, Li Yi now sees a thriving scene, which makes him unconsciously a little intoxicated, and his gaze even gave up looking for diamonds for a while, but found the fat queen along the route of a team of ants.

"Huh? And this kind of good thing? ”

Li Yi's eyes flashed, he rubbed his hands excitedly, and then waved his hoe without hesitation.

"I don't know if you've heard of the word "guilty", so don't blame me, little ants, get ready to move!"

Just about half a foot away from this nest of ants, there was a white diamond the size of a pigeon's egg quietly buried, even if the entire underground was fluorescent in sight, even if the fluorescence emitted by the white diamond coincided with this fluorescence, but such a large diamond was still as eye-catching as a firefly in the night, how could he miss it?

The diamond was not buried deeply, at most it was only more than 30 centimeters, so Li Yi quickly turned it out. It's just that when he just got the diamond in his hand, before he had time to take a closer look, a scream from Lu Ningshuang suddenly came from the river beach not far away.

Li Yi was startled, threw down the hoe and ran towards it quickly, and before he could run, Lu Ningshuang jumped up from the ground screaming,

"Hahahaha, I found a big diamond! An oversized diamond! ”

"Uh......"

Li Yi paused, glanced at Hongchen, who had also run to the front, and the eyes of the two of them showed the same helplessness, thinking that they had encountered some danger, it turned out that they had just found the diamond that he had already discovered......

"You see, such a big one, the weight of the cut will definitely exceed 10 carats, 10 carats, I have seen it on the picture before, I didn't expect to be able to dig out one by hand!"

Seeing Lu Ningshuang's excited cheeks flushed and her eyes lit up, Li Yi quietly put the diamond still with dirt in his hand into his pocket, perhaps, the next time she finds a big guy, she should be asked to dig it out?

"Alright, you all go to work, this girl has to check all the stones that I just threw away, maybe there are bigger ones that I threw as stones!"

snatched the diamond from Li Yi's hand, carefully put it into the flannel pocket, and shook it proudly in front of Li Yi's eyes.

"There are already three grains, and one is smaller than this, but it is ...... Hehe, I won't show you, I'll kill you! ”

Li Yi rolled his eyes speechlessly, glanced at Hongchen, and asked:

"Is the pool dug up?"

Hongchen nodded, laughed twice, silently spread out his palm, palm, and quietly lay a transparent stone that was not much smaller than the diamond Lu Ningshuang had just found.

"The ...... found when the bottom of the river was cleared"

"Huh?!"

Not only was Lu Ningshuang dumbfounded, but Li Yi also felt very surprised, this area was found by them in such a short period of time with three diamonds of this size, perhaps, he should see deeper?

Biting his lip silently, Li Yi secretly decided to adjust the perspective distance to two meters!

Although the depth was adjusted to two meters, the range that needed to be seen was doubled, but after gradually getting acquainted, Li Yi's speed slowly increased, and before noon, he had seen almost one-tenth of the distance.

"Brother Yi, it's not too early, let's eat something first?"

After a while, Hongchen came over to remind him that it was time for lunch, Li Yi nodded, and the moment he looked up, a purple color flashed from his sight.

"Huh?"

With a slight sigh, Li Yi used a hoe to dig into the ground, and then pointed to a big stone on the ground and said:

"Find a big guy, bring the hoe and help me get it out!"

Big? Hongchen glanced at the big stone pointed to by Li Yi suspiciously, nodded, turned around to get the tools, and Li Yi also beckoned to Lu Ningshuang not far away,

"Found a big guy, do you want to come over?"

"What? Big? How big is it? ”

Lu Ningshuang ran over quickly, and then pointed to the big stone on the ground, with a look of disbelief,

"You're not dazzled, are you? It's a big rock, what are you digging it for? ”

Li Yi laughed twice, squatted down and cut a piece of floating soil next to the stone with his hands,

"Look at it again."

"Huh? Purple? What kind of gemstone is this? ”

Where Li Yi planed, a purple-red polygonal crystal embedded in a large stone was revealed, about the size of a one-dollar coin, although it looked a little gray, but many gems were like this when they were not polished.

"This is a garnet rough, generally speaking, garnet is also the existence of granular single crystals, like this is rarely set in the stone, but once found, it means that there will be a lot of garnet in this vicinity, and garnet is an associated mine of diamonds, so it is likely that there will be a lot of diamonds here......"

"A lot of diamonds? How many? ”

"Won't you know when you dig it out?"

Li Yi's eyes narrowed, garnet is indeed a diamond associated mine, yes, but there may not be diamonds near the garnet, the reason why Li Yi said this is that he has discovered that this big stone is not only inlaid with a lot of garnets, but also has a rare large particle of blue garnet, and what's more, in the soil that is not deep under the big stone, there is also a stone that is several times smaller, and on that stone, there are at least ten sparkling diamonds!

Soon, Hongchen ran over with a hoe, and after a while, the two of them dug out this triangular stone weighing more than 50 kilograms.

"Wow, that's pretty......"

On the upward side of the big stone, there are scattered purple-red garnets, adding up to almost a dozen, but the downward side, that is, the deepest buried surface, is densely inlaid with garnet crystals of different sizes, and the most amazing thing is that the color of these garnets is blue!

"There are many different colors of different kinds of garnet, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and transparent, and its value decreases according to the color from green, orange-yellow, red to dark red, among which high-quality demantoid garnets are even close to the value of emeralds of the same color, but the most precious and rarest is blue garnet......"

Li Yi touched the cold surface of the garnet with his hand, pointed to the largest of them and said:

"This grain should weigh more than 100 carats, and it is a rare blue garnet, and if the clarity and transparency are high, its value is absolutely immeasurable......"

Lu Ningshuang nodded silently, she understood this truth, ordinary garnets are worthless, but as gemstones, there are special cases, especially after being touched with rare and superb products, its value cannot be inferred by common sense at all.

"It must be the best......"

Touching the gray surface of the garnet, Lu Ningshuang prayed that this big guy was a superlative, and suddenly, she remembered what Li Yi had said just now that there were likely to be a lot of diamonds here, so she couldn't help jumping up excitedly, snatched the hoe in Li Yi's hand, rounded it, and smashed it towards the big pit where the big stone was still buried just now.

With a sound of "dang", the hoe bounced up violently, almost hitting the red dust on the side, and when Lu Ningshuang hugged his hand and shouted in pain, Li Yi shook his head helplessly, the section of the stone below can only account for a dozen of this big pit at most, but Lu Ningshuang found the main owner at once, this girl's luck...... (To be continued.) )