Treasure Hunt: I Can Possess Infinitely

Chapter 61 Peridot

The water depth in this sea area is generally deep, and only a few areas are due to coral reefs, and the depth can be within 100 meters.Not far from Chu Wen and the others, there is also a submarine volcano.

Some people may not believe it, how could there be volcanoes on the bottom of the sea?
But in fact, there are not many fewer volcanoes on the seabed than on land, but we may not know it.After all, the crust of the ocean is generally thinner than that of the land, so volcanic eruptions are a natural thing.

Submarine volcanoes are widely distributed. The surface layer of lava erupted by submarine volcanoes is rapidly cooled by seawater on the seabed, as if squeezing toothpaste, but the interior is still in a high-temperature state.

Although most undersea volcanoes are located in the deep ocean, some are located in shallow water and eject material into the air when they erupt.Thermal vents near submarine volcanoes are rich in biological activity.

The substances brought out by volcanoes can often make the ecology of a region flourish.

And the shipwreck was on the edge of the crater on the bottom of the sea.

"I found it, Brother Wen, look, it's in this prominent place." Liu Lixian and others said in surprise.

This time, it took less time than last time to find it. In about half an hour, the treasure shipwreck was found, which is undoubtedly a great encouragement to everyone.

However, they didn't know that it was actually a volcano, and there were certain risks.

Of course, since the sunken ship still exists there, it means that this submarine volcano has not erupted for at least hundreds of years.

"I feel like I can dive down to this depth." Liu Lixian said.

"Okay, don't be naughty, since we found it, let's start!" Chu Wen was not a sloppy person, so he immediately ordered everyone to prepare to salvage.

The shipwreck below is an ancient wooden shipwreck, which is incomparable to Zheng He's treasure ship. It is only about [-] meters long. It does not look like an ancient Chinese ship. There are many porcelains on the ship. It can be judged to be a foreign cargo ship.

But this location is not on the Maritime Silk Road.Therefore, Chu Wen guessed that it should be a lost cargo ship, something happened and sank here.

Liu Lixian felt that his equipment had finally come in handy.

On the boat, he and Chu Wen put on their diving equipment, prepared to enter the water, and cooperated with the underwater robot to salvage those treasures together.In this way, the progress can be accelerated a lot.

Liu Lixian seldom dived to this depth, and it was a little uncomfortable.

Just before entering the water, Chu Wen told him that he should do what he can, don't be arrogant, and if he finds something is wrong, return to the sea immediately.

Naturally, Liu Lixian would not joke about his own life.

He can still bear the pressure of this kind of sea water.When he reached the bottom of the sea, he didn't rush to salvage the treasure, but looked around for a while.Here, there are many creatures, and the whole seabed is colorful and beautiful.

Suddenly, he picked up a piece of green crystal, which looked a little familiar to him. He thought it was an emerald, and couldn't help but want to put it in his mouth to take a bite. Only then did he realize his current situation, and he was not allowed to bite.

He could only take it to Chu Wen not far away, hand it over, and motioned him to take a look.

Chu Wen looked at it for a while, and felt that it was peridot, a kind of gemstone.

Liu Lixian pointed around again.

It was only then that Chu Wen discovered that there were many such crystals around.So, he made a gesture to indicate that it was valuable and could be picked up.Liu Lixian was overjoyed and immediately went to collect those crystals.

Olivine is one of the main minerals of the mantle, mainly found in igneous rocks associated with spreading plate boundaries and mid-ocean ridge hotspots, and also in xenoliths carried by volcanic rocks during upwelling.

That's why this gem can be found in the crater.

In fact, diamonds, etc., are often brought out of the earth by volcanic eruptions.Therefore, the more dangerous the place, the more babies there will be.

Liu Lixian soon discovered that most of them were stuck to rocks or coral reefs, and it was not easy to pick them out with bare hands.

He only collected five, and the particles are not big.

There is no choice but to go back to the location of the sunken ship, help sort out the treasures of the sunken ship, and salvage them to the fishing boat as soon as possible.

After the shipwreck was cleaned up, Chu Wen controlled the robot to collect the peridot.Robots have manipulators, so collecting those items is still easy.

They surfaced and returned to the fishing boat.

Liu Lixian began to show off his achievements to everyone.

"What is it? Crystal?"

You know, crystals are not very valuable!

"It's peridot, a kind of gemstone, and the price is not bad. The ones that Xiao Xianzi picked up are not big, basically they are all under 3 carats, and it is estimated to be more than one hundred yuan per carat. As for the largest one, I estimate that there are more than ten carats, so it is more expensive, worth more than 1000 yuan per carat." Chu Wen explained briefly.

With the accumulation of knowledge during this period of time, he felt that he was almost becoming a jewelry expert.

Peridot is a semi-precious stone, and its value is not very high.But at present, the clarity is very good, the volume is very large, and the value of good cut is not low.

For example, if it is bright green, transparent and flawless, and weighs more than 5 carats, it will cost more than 300 yuan per carat.If it breaks through ten carats, one carat will cost between 800-1500. It is relatively rare for more than 20 carats, and it should be worth more than 3000.

As far as Chu Wen knows, natural olivine is named for its olive green color, which is believed to be caused by the trace amount of nickel in it.Oxidized peridot will turn reddish.Forsterite is white, and fayalite can appear yellow-green, yellow-brown or brown depending on the degree of oxidation of the formation environment.

These are the most authentic olive green, and the transparency is not bad.

After hearing this, everyone stared and stared, somewhat regretting in their hearts, why didn't they learn from Liu Lixian and build a set of sophisticated diving equipment.

Like now, they have no chance with those treasures.

According to Chu Wen's personality, such treasures that he discovered and picked up by himself belonged to the individual.

Liu Lixian was very excited. If he said that, he could earn about [-] more!It's a pity that those relatively large particles are embedded in rocks and coral reefs and cannot be removed.

Finally, Chu Wen and others counted.

A total of 583 pieces of porcelain were salvaged this time, and the largest one was half a meter high, all of which were blue and white porcelain.Originally there were one or two thousand pieces, but more than half were broken.

It is a pity that most of them still have some shellfish stuck to them, which seriously affects the beauty of the porcelain.

Chu Wen nodded his head, feeling that he couldn't sell it for a good price.Boss Yan told him before that "porcelain is hairy and worthless", which means that if the porcelain is flawed, its value will be greatly reduced.

Originally, the price of hailao porcelain is not high, and it is even more difficult to say that it has been "stained" by shells.

Fortunately, in addition to this, I also got some gold and a batch of good quality peridot.This harvest can only be said to be okay.

(End of this chapter)