gifted collector

Chapter 445 Hetian Jade

Except for the necessary rest, Fang Ming and the others did not stop on the road, but rushed one after another, and with the guidance of the Saker hovering in the sky, they finally returned to Niu Ping's home without any accidents.

After returning, Zhao Zhuzi put the gun away immediately, then went out to buy half a lamb and wine, closed the gate of the courtyard, set up a pot in the courtyard and started to stew until night fell. At that time, the air in the whole yard was filled with the rich aroma of mutton, which made people's stomachs growl involuntarily.

After taking a bath, Fang Ming felt refreshed. In fact, it was definitely a great enjoyment to take a comfortable bath after a long journey.

He sat down on the chair, while Niu Ping and Zhao Matie were already sitting at the table.

Looking at the steaming cauldron on the table, Fang Ming stretched out his hand and wanted to lift the lid.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly something protruded from the side to hold the lid down. It was the cigarette stick in Zhao Matie's hand.

"The heat hasn't arrived yet, don't waste it."

Withdrawing his hand, Fang Ming shook his head and said, "Okay, wait a minute, hey, two old men, you can take out the stone in my bag and have a look."

When I was driving in the desert before, for the sake of safety, since the stone was put in the bag, I never took it out again.Although it is a bit too careful to say this, but he also understands that this is the way of the old world, and being careful can always sail for thousands of years!

So, although Fang Ming wanted to see it very much, he suppressed his curiosity. Now that they are all back home, they are naturally safe.

"Well, go and take out the bag, so let's close the yard door."

Fang Ming stood up as soon as he heard it, first locked the wooden door of the yard, then went into the house and took out the bag containing the stone. At this time, Zhao Zhuzi, who took a bath last, also came out, and he came out of the house again. Pulled out a socket, and Niu Ping found a high-wattage lamp. After turning it on, the tabletop was covered with white snow. At the same time, there was a bright flashlight ready.

"Hey! Let's see what kind of baby this is!"

Fang Ming smiled, opened the bag, carefully picked up the stone inside and placed it on the table.

As soon as the stone was taken out, all eyes were focused on it, and no one spoke for a long time, as if the whole world was quiet except for the steaming pot next to it.

"Hetian jade, it's really Hetian jade. Grandma's, Fang Ming, you kid must be lucky."

Niu Ping slowly stretched out his hand and touched the stone a few times, with an excited look on his face.

Hetian jade, also known as Kunlun jade in ancient times, is called Hetian jade because it is produced in the western regions of Shache and Khotan, which is now XJ Hotan, and it is a kind of nephrite.

The description of Hetian jade in "Historical Records Dawan Biography" is: "The Han Dynasty made the source of the river poor, and the source of the river came out of Tian, ​​and its mountains are full of jade." , out of sapphire".

"Old Niu, I heard that since ancient times, the place with the most Hetian jade is the Yulong KS River. I don't know if it is?"

Fang Ming remembered a document he had read before, which contained some records of Hetian jade.

The Yulong KS River, called the Baiyu River in ancient times, originated from the Kunlun Mountains, and after flowing into the Tarim Basin, it merged with the Kara KS River to form the Hetian River, with a total length of 325 kilometers. Of course, like other rivers, it also has tributaries. When it comes to the basin area, it is as high as 1 square kilometers.The aura of this river is not only related to its growth and the people on both sides of the river, but also because it is rich in white jade, sapphire and black jade. Historically, it has always been the main river for producing jade in Hetian.

Among the two rivers, the Yulong KS River and the Kara KS River, the Yulong KS River produces the most jade, and the jade it produces is also the top-grade and the best of Hetian jade.The jade produced by the Kara KS River is mainly sapphire, blue and white jade, blue and white jade, and black jade. There is also a small amount of jasper, and there is very little white jade. The texture and price of jade are far inferior to the white jade produced by the Yulong KS River.

Zhao Matie on the side nodded and said: "Yes. The main production area of ​​Hetian jade in history is the entire northern slope of Kunlun Mountain, which is about 1300 kilometers long, and the jade in the Kunlun Mountains and the river in the narrow strip centered on Hotan. However, what we should pay attention to is that for people nowadays, the so-called Hetian jade is not only from this place, whether it is from XJ, Qinghai, Liaoning, Guizhou, South Korea, Russia or Canada, if it has The characteristics of Hetian jade are all called Hetian jade, so now Hetian jade is no longer a geographical term."

Geologically speaking, the so-called Hetian jade is actually the so-called tremolite.This kind of stone is characterized by slender columnar or fibrous crystals, and all stones with such characteristics are called Hetian jade.

"This is the most rare material!"

Niu Ping narrowed his eyes.Generally speaking, there are five main sources of Hetian jade. In terms of regions, they are XJ material, Qinghai material, Russian material, Liaoning Xiuyan River abrasive material and Korean Chunchuan material.However, judging from the production situation, it can be divided into mountain materials, sub-materials and mountain streams. This classification is the most common and important way for people who play jade.

The so-called mountain material refers to the Hetian jade produced on the mountain, which belongs to the primary mine, and is characterized by different sizes and edges and corners.The seed material is also called the seed material, which refers to the raw material in the river bed, because it grows in the water flow and is relatively smooth under the erosion of the flow. After scouring, it fell to the halfway up the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, or even on the river bed. This kind of Hetian jade is relatively close to the original mine. It is not as smooth as the sub-material, but it does not have the obvious edges and corners like the mountain material, and the surface is relatively smooth.

Among the three materials, the best quality is the sub-material, and it is also the most likely to be the best among Hetian jade.

"This thing is worth at least 3000 million or more."

Zhao Matie picked up the jade stone on the table, weighed it in his hands, and said, "This piece won't lose more than three catties!"

"Hey! It's so cool to be able to step on 3000 million by stepping on it unintentionally."

With Pixiu's help, Fang Ming already knew that the piece of Hetian jade in front of him was worth between 1000 and 1500 million.

In fact, there are several criteria for judging the value of Hetian jade.

The first is of course the size. The larger the Hetian jade, the higher the value. The second is to see whether the whiteness of the Hetian jade is good. It doesn't have oiliness, moistness, and blemishes. If it is green skin or red skin, etc., it can also add value, because these colors can be used during processing.Of course, the color of green skin or red skin must be pure. For example, for green skin, it must be green enough and green evenly. The same is true for red skin.

Otherwise, it may damage the value of the whole piece of Hetian jade.

If the Hetian jade on the market is large enough, as delicate as oil, as white as snow, without blemishes, and reaches the special grade, then its value will be 2 to 3 yuan per gram. It is more than 1500 grams, and the value is about 3000 million or more.

Niu Ping took the jade from Zhao Matie's hand, turned on the strong flashlight to shine in it, and then looked at it from different angles for more than ten minutes, then nodded and said: "The quality of this piece of Hetian jade is quite good. , although it is big, the overall light transmission is very strong, it can be seen that there are no stones inside, and the whiteness is also very good, reaching the level of suet jade, it is indeed valuable."

Sheep fat jade is the best quality white jade among Hetian jades. In addition to its white color like snow, its oily property is extremely good, just like suet fat or suet oil. , the so-called flawless white jade refers to the best suet jade.

Zhao Zhuzi reached out his hand to dip a little water from a basin next to it, and dripped it on the jade. I heard that even if the mutton fat jade is soaked in water, it will not drip when you pick it up, I thought it was fake, but now it seems that it is true."

"This is because suet jade is extremely oily, so water cannot be retained."

Fang Ming had read many descriptions of suet jade before, but this was the first time he had seen a "genuine product", so it was impossible not to be surprised.

"This jade, let's cut it, how about sharing a piece for each person?"

As soon as Fang Ming finished speaking, he immediately felt Niu Ping and Zhao Matie glaring at him, as if they wanted to kill him.

Touching his nose, he said incomprehensibly, "What's wrong? We discovered this jade together. What's wrong with sharing it?"

"This is what you discovered, and it has nothing to do with us."

Niu Ping nodded and said: "Old Zhao said that he is not wrong. First, you found this jade, not us. You were the one who stepped on it. Second, you are too prodigal. Do you know that this kind of top-quality mutton fat jade is reluctant to punch a hole in it. Generally speaking, it is processed by gold-coating. How can it be cut into pieces like you said? Yes, this is pork for a lifetime! It pissed me off."

"Oh...is it so serious?"

Fang Ming didn't think of this. In his opinion, if it wasn't for Niu Ping, Zhao Matie and others to go with him, he would not be able to step on this piece of jade, so it is normal to cut it up.

"Of course it's that serious!"

Niu Ping glared at Fang Ming again, and said, "It's useless for us to keep this jade. Aren't you in an antique shop? Bringing it home and displaying it in the shop will be really impressive. If you find a good carver, Just carve it into a jade Buddha or something, and there will be another rare treasure in this world."

"Ok."

Fang Ming understood that money was not the most important thing to people like Niu Ping and Zhao Matie. Compared with this, they hoped to see one more treasure in the world, so he stopped being polite.

"The meat is ready to eat."

Zhao Ma lifted the lid, and a smell of meat so strong that it made people want to go crazy rushed out. Fang Ming and others ate it, but the piece of Hetian jade worth tens of millions was put aside, and no one looked at it. , as if it was an ordinary stone.

(End of this chapter)