Seeing that everyone's faces were a little ugly, Han Peacock smiled and said: "You don't have to think too much, if you count it like this, there are many things that are not jade, Wang Yi's "Jade Treatise" of the Eastern Han Dynasty contains the color of jade: red as a cockscomb, yellow as steamed chestnuts, white as fat, ink as pure lacquer, called the jade talisman." And Qingyu has nothing to say. Today, there are always those who are blue and white, and there are always those who are black, and there are no yellow and red ones.

This means that jade has five colors: white, blue, black, red, and yellow, and the common ones are cyan and white, and yellow and red are rare, and are they still rare?

The research of Song Yingxing, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty, believes that jade is only white and green, and he said in "Heavenly Creation": all jade is only white and green. The green Chinese famous dish jade, its red jade, topaz said, are strange stones, Langji and the like, the price is not less than jade, but not jade.

This is to say that white and green are jade, and nothing else is jade, and by now, we all know that this statement is not true. ”

At this time, Wei Changqing also spoke: "Brother Han is right, I remember that the ancient books are crowded with weaving manes, and all the precious users of jade are from Khotan. The so-called Lantian is the name of the place where the green ridge comes out of the jade, and later generations mistakenly think that the Lantian of Xi'an is also. Its ridge water originates from the name of Axue Mountain, and divides two rivers to the Green Ridge, one is called the White Jade River, and the other is called the Green Jade River.

Later Jin Dynasty Gao Juzhu's "Itinerary in Khotan", containing the Wuyu River, this section is vain, this Song Yingxing clearly denied that Hotan has the existence of the Wuyu River, and did not agree that 'red jade' and 'topaz' are true jade. ”

Han Peacock nodded and said: "Song Yingxing's statement is a relatively simple scientific point of view, which warns future generations of scholars to study what 'red jade' and 'topaz' refer to in Chinese history and culture."

As far as the "green jade" referred to by Song Yingxing is concerned, it seems that it should refer to the green jade produced in the Hotan area, but the "Atlas of the Western Regions" compiled by Fu Heng and others in the Qing Dynasty said that the jade produced by the Jade River in Khotan has cyanism, yellow, green, blue, white and other colors, and another Qing Dynasty scholar Chunyuan also said in the "Western Regions Wenjianlu": The jade produced by Yaerqiang is of different colors, including white, yellow, red, black and blue. ”

In addition to Huang Shan and Wei Changqing's two bodyguards. are all knowledgeable, Gu Tong said: "I know about the colors of cyanosis and red, it is estimated that this is the description of the skin color of Hetian jade by the ancients, because there is no red jade in the Hotan area or the Kunlun Mountain area, only dark red-skinned seeds and brownish-yellow sugar jade.

As for topaz, Hetian jade is indeed produced. For example, 'chanterelle yellow', with delicate texture and bright color, is obviously caused by the color of nephrite after the formation, this kind of jade has always been highly respected and expensive, so it is better to believe in books than to have no books, and the words of the ancients are not so credible. ”

Huang Shan smiled at this time and said, "It's good to find jade." Anyway, I know that the value will not be low, besides, what the ancients said is not accurate, it must be because of lack of knowledge, although I am not as knowledgeable as the ancients, but we were born in modern society, naturally more than the ancients. ”

Han Peacock glanced at Huangshan in surprise, when did this guy become so smart?

Qian Mingyuan sighed and said, "What Huang Shan said is right. Let's just say that the great geographical discoveries of modern times are not something that the ancients could imagine. Modern science and technology are developed, and it is too common to find some things that the ancients did not know, and it is difficult to explain clearly when it comes to Hetian jasper. ”

Han Peacock and the others nodded in agreement, and now it is now. Whether there is "Hetian jasper" remains to be discussed.

In the 1996 national standard, Hetian jade is produced in the territory of Xinjiang and Kunlun Mountain-Altun Mountain, and the origin is special.

So what exactly is the cause? This special cause raises another question worth exploring, that is, is there jasper in Hetian jade?

From a geological point of view, Hetian jade is produced in the contact zone between carbonate rocks and granodiorite in the Altun Mountains, an extension of the Kunlun Mountains. It belongs to the genetic type of "carbonate rock type" divided by the jade academic community.

This genetic type is obviously different from the genetic type of "serpentine rock type", which generally has a high iron and magnesium content, and the color is mainly green, dark green and dark green series, which is a typical genetic type of green nephrite (or jasper) in the world.

For example, this is the case of jasper produced in the Manas region of the Tianshan Mountains in China, the East and West Sayan Mountains of Russia, the British Columbia region of Canada, Taiwan in China, the Hualien region of the Bay of China, and New Zealand.

The "carbonate type" nephrite jade generally has a very low iron and magnesium content, and the color is mainly white to cyan series, with occasional green varieties, but it is also a lighter green.

Moreover, the "carbonate type" nephrite can form a darker color variety - black jade due to the crystalline mixing of carbon.

"Serpentine-type" nephrite can form characteristic dark spots due to disseminated chromite.

In this way, it is incomprehensible that ancient documents and modern books refer to "jasper" or "green jade" produced in Kunlun Mountain.

Many handicrafts known as "Hetian jasper" in the current market are actually made of jasper produced in the East and West Sayan Mountains of Russia or British Columbia, Canada.

On the Gobi Desert between the Yulong Kashgar River and the Cele River and Luopu County, although high-grade jasper is also produced, it is all seed material or adjacent material, and its primary ore has not been found so far.

The book "Chinese Hetian Jade", published in 1994, generally regarded the "jasper" or "green jade" of the Kunlun Mountains as being produced in serpentine rocks.

However, since such jasper belongs to the "serpentine rock type" origin, it is natural that it was kicked out of the "Hetian jade" family.

As Tang Yanling, the author of "Chinese Hetian Jade", said: "In addition, jasper is also produced in the Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains, which is also nephrite, and its origin is related to ultramafic rocks, such as Canadian jasper and Xinjiang Manas jasper, but it does not belong to the range of Khotanese jade." ”

So, does "Hetian Jasper" really exist zài?

This is indeed a problem, and although there is no detailed research data on the geological output of the zài, Han Peacock believes that there is, but its primary deposit is temporarily isolated.

In this way, it can only be said that Hetian jade has four kinds of primary color jade: white, green, ink and yellow (the general light green varieties can be classified into the category of green jade), among which white jade is the best, especially the so-called mutton fat jade, which is known as "the emperor of nephrite" by the collection industry, has a supreme status, and is cherished by collectors from all over the world.

After several people discussed, it was determined that the jade here was the same variety as Hetian jade, so that the discovery of Hetian jasper was already a certainty.

"In this way, Gu Lao has made a lot of money this time." Hetian Jasper, which has never been confirmed by anyone, was obtained by Gu Tong, which had to make Wei Changqing sigh.

Although their family has been funding Gu Tong, Wei Changqing really didn't expect to find Hetian Jasper here.

Seeing Wei Changqing who sighed, Han Peacock just smiled, after getting to know each other, Wei Changqing definitely had no idea of competing with him.

Wei Changqing's family is an ordinary salaryman, even if he has special abilities, he only relied on his uncle's family to enter the jewelry industry, but his foundation is too shallow after all, not to mention him, even if he adds his uncle's family, he can't compete with Han Peacock.

It is because they are too far from Han Peacock's strength that they will honestly guard their duties.

Gu Tong glanced at Wei Changqing, Wei Changqing's personality is not bad, at least much better than his uncle's family, if it weren't for this, he would not have left the family that had funded his family for several years and followed Wei Changqing into the mountain.

However, although Wei Changqing is a good person, he doesn't have enough capital, so naturally he can't buy that piece of jasper at a high price, originally he planned to sell it to their family, but now that Han Peacock is competing with them, he doesn't mind selling it for more money.

So Gu Tong said: "None of us thought that the value of jade would rise so sharply. ”

Qian Mingyuan smiled and said, "I'm afraid you didn't expect this jasper to be Hetian jasper, right?" ”

Gu Tong also laughed: "I really didn't expect that I didn't know about jade, but it was only because I found out that there was jade here, and in recent years, I have become like a crazy demon, so I have some understanding of jade, compared to Xiao Han and Xiao Wei, my understanding of jade is far behind." ”

Han Peacock smiled and said, "Since Hetian Jasper is so rare, I naturally can't let Gu Lao suffer." ”

Hearing Han Peacock say this, Wei Changqing was even more disappointed: "Now the price of jade is on the high side, if the price rises again, a small jeweler like us will have no way to live." ”

Han Peacock smiled and said: "I robbed Brother Wei's business today, so naturally I will make compensation, I think so!" I also have a mine in the East China Sea, and if Brother Wei needs it, we can provide you with some jade raw materials. ”

"Really?" Wei Changqing looked at Han Peacock in surprise, and then Wei Changqing reacted: "I didn't mean that, I didn't doubt Brother Han at all, if Brother Han can provide us with some jade mines, it will help us a lot." ”

Han Peacock nodded, he knew that materials were king in the market recently, and having raw materials was equivalent to monopolizing an industry, especially in the jade industry.

As long as you have a mine, you can sit back and wait to collect money, and if you don't have a source of jade mines, then you can wait to be squeezed out of the industry, which is the best example of this.

Qian Mingyuan's family has been jade craftsmen for generations, but in modern times, due to the monopoly of jade veins, they can't get raw materials, even if the craftsmanship is good, they can only slowly withdraw from this industry, which is why he follows the Hu family father and son into the mountains every year.

In fact, a family like Qian Mingyuan is not the most difficult, after all, they have few people, and the ship is small and easy to turn around, and the most difficult thing should be that kind of small factory.

The rise in the price of jade has stimulated the rapidly expanding mining industry, while the predatory mining has further stimulated the nerves of collectors, the price of jade has soared further, and the digging of jade has also fallen into further madness, so that the cycle continues, the price of jade will rise for sure. (To be continued......)