Chapter 46, Luohua Jade
"Captain, it's been two hours since the small volcano erupted, and now the lava has cooled down, forming an island with an area of 3 square kilometers. It's just that it is more than 700 meters below the surface of the sea, so the volcanic eruption did not cause major wind and waves. The aircraft reported.
"Then you go down and have a look, and check the situation." Although Lin Fan wanted to go down to check, he was also worried about what would happen if the small volcano erupted again, his flesh and blood body would not be able to resist it, and he was afraid that it would turn into ashes in a flash.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Lin Fan ordered the two aircraft to go over to check the situation, and at the same time he came to the control center, and through the large screen of the control center, he could directly turn the scene that the aircraft saw on the bottom of the sea.
Lin Fan saw that the footage of the aircraft was dim, and gradually became clearer from blur, but he still couldn't see so clearly under the seabed, and he could only faintly see a black shadow on the bottom of the sea.
As the aircraft approached, the black shadow in front of it gradually became clearer, and sure enough, it was a small island under the sea, one or two square kilometers in size, and the surface was scorched black, which was obviously formed by the eruption of an undersea volcano and the cooling of the seawater.
"Go around this volcanic island and be aware of the surroundings to see if there's anything worth paying attention to." Lin Fan gave an order to the flying machine.
The two aircraft slowly circled around the volcanic island at the bottom of the sea, and at the same time, various detection equipment also operated, carefully searching the entire volcanic island.
"Report to the captain, on the edge of the volcanic islet, something strange has been found." Soon, a flying machine reported, and then a shot appeared on the big screen, and under the dim water, where the edge of the volcanic island met the bottom of the sea, a white object was revealed, which looked like a white conch.
"Detect the situation of submarine volcanoes and predict whether they will erupt in a short period of time?" Lin Li thought about it for a while, thinking that it might be something useful, and decided to take a look, but for safety, he first ordered the aircraft to thoroughly check the situation of the submarine volcano.
"Report to the captain, after the detection of our most advanced instruments, it can be determined that the submarine volcano has been temporarily silent and will not erupt again for a long time."
"Alright, you collect all of this similar item found around the volcanic island, and I'll come down and see what it is in a moment." Lin Fan came to the deck and began to put on his diving suit.
"Fourth, is there a shallow beach down there?" Wang Biao knew at a glance that Lin Fan was going to the sea, and immediately asked with interest.
"The detection found that there is a volcanic island at a depth of six or seven hundred meters below, which should have been formed not long ago, I want to go down to see the situation of the volcanic island, maybe there will be an unexpected discovery?" Lin Fan smiled mysteriously.
"Wow, fourth, you are so bold, you still have to look down at the volcano, what if the volcano suddenly erupts?" Zhou Xiaolin grabbed Lin Fan and persuaded.
"yes, let's not go down." After listening to Zhou Xiaolin's words, Wang Biao also hesitated, he didn't want anything to happen to his brother.
and Zeng Xiaotong looked at Lin Fan not far away, her eyes were also full of worry, and she gently shook her head at Lin Fan, meaning that she wanted him not to go down, but she still had some worries, and it was not good to show it in front of everyone.
However, since he got up in the morning, Lin Fan gave an order, and the tuna fishing boat carrying Zhu Zicai and Liu Bin had quietly driven to the very edge, with two fishing boats in between, and the distance from the Golden Pearl was more than five miles, and the people on this boat could no longer be seen.
"What kind of heart do you have, is my luck so bad? It's been a few days since this volcano erupted, how could it be that it erupted again as soon as I went there? Don't worry, it won't be long before I go down, just go around and I'll come up in no time. Of course Lin Fan won't tell them the truth, and they can't accept it.
By the time he had descended to the bottom of the ocean and reached the vicinity of the volcanic island, both aircraft had approached, and they had carefully searched the area around the volcanic island and found quite a few of those white conch-shaped objects.
Lin Fan did not approach the volcanic island, but stopped half a mile away from the volcanic island, and then entered a flying machine, got those items, and started it smoothly and delicately, feeling like jade, with a faint halo on the surface, and the form was exactly the same as a conch.
"Luohua jade?" Lin Fan tried to search for a conch like jade on his mobile phone, but a noun appeared, and then he asked Du Niang, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, because he could be sure that the more than ten items in his hand were precious snail jade.
Snail jade is a Paleozoic marine pearl snail fossil from Cambrian to Devonian 4-600 million years ago, which finally reached crystallization silicification after hundreds of millions of years of extremely long time and harsh and complex natural geographical environment changes.
Spiralized jade is the result of the exchange of minerals in the process of silicification, and the spiralized jade is completely siliconized, and some snails clearly show agate patterns; Some of the snails are filled with crystals, which sparkle and crystal clear in the daylight; Some snails are opal, some are white and transparent, and others are colorful (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, black).
Compared with other well-known jade species, snail jade has unique characteristics. The whole piece of spiral jade is composed of countless complete Paleozoic marine pearl snail fossils, and each snail has a different shape, the color is vivid and beautiful, with a waxy luster, and the snail meat is fresh and crystal clear, as if each snail is alive.
Snail jade is a Paleozoic marine pearl snail fossil and then silicified, is a non-renewable natural heritage, and the formation conditions are extremely harsh, so it is extremely rare. Gems and jades generally believe that those mineral aggregates that are naturally formed with a certain hardness, beauty, durability, rarity and craftsmanship value are gems and jade.
The hardness of spiralized jade is around 6.5-7.5 on the Mohs scale, and the density is about 2.6 to 3.5. The origin of snail jade is complex, extremely rare and rare, and it is rarely found in the shallow sea of Sanya, Hainan Province, so it has precious archaeological research collection value, and is a rare ornamental collection at the same time.
Because snail jade is produced in ancient geological times, it is earlier than the appearance of dinosaurs on the earth. The mystery of ancient animals accompanied by beautiful figures, as well as the mystery and rarity of the formation are the intrinsic value of snail jade.
Lin Fan didn't stay in the flying machine for much, but returned to the fishing boat with those snail jades. The crowd pulled him up and watched his expression, hoping to see if he had gained something.
However, they were all disappointed, because after Lin Fan came up, he sat on the deck and asked for a bottle of mineral water and drank it, and the pockets around him were empty, presumably there was nothing underneath.
"I'll just say, how can you kid be so lucky every time, this time you must have returned empty-handed, right?" Wang Biao said with a smile next to him.
"Biaozi, the fourth child's luck is much better than yours, otherwise how could people have a fleet now. And you, like me, are still a poor student. Zhou Xiaolin didn't give Wang Biao any face, patted him on the shoulder and said, and at the same time comforted Lin Fan.
"Hehe, you kid see what this is?"
After Lin Fan drank the water, he let out a long breath, and then looked at Wang Biao without speaking, until Wang Biao was a little uneasy, he reached out and took out a snail jade from the bag of his clothes, and gently threw it to Wang Biao.
"What? Won't you find the baby again? Wang Biao hurriedly went to catch it, but he almost fell on the deck, but he knew that the thing Lin Fan picked up must not be an ordinary item, so he finally grabbed it in a hurry, but he was scared and sweated.
Others also gathered around, especially Wang Yuyan, who snatched it from Wang Biao's hand and raised her hand so that everyone could see that it was a crystal clear, smooth and round, conch-like thing.
"What is this? It looks like a conch, but it's beautiful. Gao Xiao shouted.
"Could this be snail jade?" Wang Yuyan has more insight than Wang Biao, after all, she has been influenced by her father since she was a child, and Wang Biao is only half-, so Wang Yuyan looked at it for a while and looked at Lin Fan with some doubts.
"I guess so, but you can take a picture and send it to your father so he can see if it's a snail jade? And what is the current market price of snail jade? Lin Fan nodded, then threw the snail jade to them and went about his own business.
Wang Yuyan immediately took a few photos, took pictures of this snail jade from different angles, and then passed it to his father Wang Huaichen, asking him to identify whether this was snail jade and how much it was worth.
At this time, in the Jade Tea House in Dongzhou City, Wang Huaichen was sitting in an antique pavilion with a friend chatting, during this time the reputation of Wang's jewelry store was greatly enhanced, bringing a huge economic effect, and the entire Wang's jewelry was almost upgraded to a grade, and has entered the list of first-class jewelers in China.
"Lao Wang, if you receive another treasure like Tridacnus in the future, you must tell me first. I don't ask you to give it to me at a low price, but at least give me a chance to compete with others. A man in his sixties sat across from Wang Huaichen, his hair a little gray, but meticulously combed.
"Lao Li, don't blame me, I didn't inform you about the previous incident because the auction time was too tight at that time, and you didn't go to Southeast Asia at that time, so I knew that you couldn't be busy. But don't worry, we now have a very stable supply channel, often able to get some of the best treasures, if there is a jade you like, I will be the first to inform you. Wang Huaichen laughed. >