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Chapter 175 "Pigeon's Blood Red" Ruby

Chapter 173 "Pigeon's Blood Red" Ruby

Chen Wei enthusiastically invited Mo Liming and Tang Yan into his shop. This is a grocery store. Chen Wei told Mo Liming that he also opened a shop in Myitkyina, the largest city in northern Myanmar. The emerald business is managed in cooperation with his elder brother. He will rush over once a month to manage the business. The reason why he stays in Menggong Town is because his wife is a local and they need to stay in the city. Here I take care of two frail and sick elderly people in my father-in-law's family.

It can be seen that Chen Wei is a man who respects the elderly and is very filial. Mo Liming appreciates this very much, because he thinks that the word "filial piety" is very important in a person's life, and must be valued, and it must not be taken lightly.

After sitting down in the grocery store of Chen Wei's family, Chen Wei's wife also came to entertain Mo Liming and the others very enthusiastically, serving tea and fruit.

Chen Wei's wife is a typical Burmese woman, short and small, but with a delicate face, the kind of woman who looks as gentle as water.

"Brother Duan, you must have gambled a lot of stones before?" Chen Wei asked with a smile.

His name is "Brother Duan". This is a false identity that Mo Liming used when he came to Myanmar, in order to deal with inspections and deceive others.

Mo Liming replied truthfully: "I have gambled a little bit, both jadeite jade and Hetian jade were involved."

"That's not bad, your eyesight should be very good." Chen Wei looked at Mo Liming with admiration and said.

Mo Liming casually said modestly: "'It's hard for a god to break an inch of jade', gambling on stones mostly depends on luck."

"That's true." Chen Wei nodded in agreement, "But skills and experience are also indispensable. These are the most basic factors for betting on stones. Most of the good jade comes from those good materials. Brother Mo, besides betting on jadeite Jade, have you ever come into contact with gambling stones such as 'shuhuayu' and gemstones?"

"'Shuhua Jade'?" Mo Liming wondered after hearing this, "Brother Chen, I'm so ignorant, do you still have this kind of jade?"

"Yes." Chen Wei replied with a nod repeatedly, "Shuhua jade exists in tree fossils. In fact, it is a kind of fossil formed by certain materials after hundreds of millions of years under geological action. It is similar to what we often see. The resin fossils mentioned, that is, 'amber' are somewhat similar. 'Shuhuayu' is very beautiful as an ornament to decorate a room."

After listening to Chen Wei's succinct explanation, Mo Liming said with a smile on his face, "After hearing what you said, I have learned a lot today. Thank you."

Chen Wei shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother, you're welcome. To tell you the truth, what I'm doing in Myitkyina is the 'shuhua jade' business. The top-quality 'shuhua jade' is still very valuable, especially the kind Wood fossils inlaid with insects on the surface or where the naked eye can reach, are very precious!"

"Insects in the jade?!" Mo Liming said in surprise, "Wouldn't it be a sight to see insects scattered on the jade? Why is the price even higher?"

Chen Wei smiled and said: "Brother, you may not know something, this insect is not that insect, it is a kind of insect fossil, not a real insect, that is, the process of the formation of 'tree jade' due to various reasons There used to be bugs attached to it. After a long period of time, it has been silicified like the trunk and has become an impossible part of the whole "shuhuayu". Often, one more bug is equivalent to an increase of 30 million yuan. Of course, bugs The more the better, because it is rare, so it is logical that it is precious."

After listening to Chen Wei's more detailed explanation, Mo Liming immediately clearly established the concept of the euphemistically called "Tree Transforming Jade" in his mind, and thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would gamble on that kind of jade.

Mo Liming was very happy after learning about "Shu Huayu" from Chen Wei. The other party's words directly paved a way for him to make money. Anyway, he can basically do things that require his eyesight. Get cheap.

"Mr. Chen, just now you said that jade can be gambled, gems can also be gambled, is there any element of gambling in the trading of rubies and other treasures?"

At this time, Tang Yan, who was sitting next to Mo Liming, asked a question.

The sentence she suddenly asked was exactly what Mo Liming wanted to ask. In his opinion, gems such as rubies and their processed products are usually purchased directly from jewelry stores at high prices. Rarely, and he has never heard of it, the sale of gemstones can also be used for gambling.

Chen Wei nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, there are many merchants who are betting on each other in the trade of gemstones on our side. But that's right, it's not a big gamble, but the rough materials taken from gemstone mines There is still a lot of betting on stones. Even if it is a small pure gemstone washed from the river bed, its prospect needs to be gambled. For example, whether it will have a good cut, and its fineness , texture and other aspects of identification. Anyway, whether it is emerald or ruby, before they are put on the table, they are all unpredictable."

"Oh, that's it." Mo Liming and Tang Yan looked at each other, both of them had surprised expressions on their faces, Mo Liming said, "Then ask, is there any shop on this side of Menggong Market that sells rough ruby ​​or sapphire? "

"Brother, do you want to play?" Chen Wei asked without answering.

Mo Liming nodded seriously and said, "Well, I want to play. Brother Lao introduced it to me. If I'm lucky enough to bet something good, I won't treat you badly."

"Brothers are too polite, it's just a matter of little effort." Chen Wei said enthusiastically, "I know where the gems you want to play are sold, and I'll take you there to have a look later. The betting price of rubies is polarized. The cheap ones are very cheap, and the expensive ones are really too expensive. Just like the seed material and mountain material in Hetian Yuzhong, the price difference is very big. The cheap mineral material that cannot see ruby ​​red is of little value. If you want to find a piece of ruby ​​from the vast pile of stones, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Like betting on emeralds, you can also see the distribution of shapes such as pine flowers and pythons."

"It doesn't matter." Mo Liming smiled calmly, "It's all about luck."

That's all he said, but he was confident in his heart, because he had a very special left eye, and the light of the magical "seven-eyed Buddha spirit" could see through everything.

Then Mo Liming and Chen Wei chatted for a while about the gambling situation of jadeite and gemstones, and then they got up and set off.

What Chen Wei took them to was naturally the Ruby Exhibition and Sales Center. In fact, it was a professional gemstone street. The home is Dadianzi, which mainly sells rough rubies.

"Brother, did you just see it? Those big rubies that are so brightly red on the stalls, let me tell you, they are all fakes or defective products that deceive people's eyes, and they are all specially processed. If you are not a discerning person and don’t know the atmosphere of this market, you will definitely be fooled.” Along the way, Chen Wei whispered to Mo Liming, “Ruby mining in Myanmar is restricted by the environment and government regulations. Constraints, the quantity is getting smaller and smaller. Burmese rubies are world-renowned, and the market demand is huge, so the price is quite high. Burmese rubies in mainland China, I think it is around [-] per carat, and what I’m talking about is just Ordinary rubies, if they are top-quality rubies such as 'pigeon's blood red', then the price has to be multiplied several times at least. Really, natural Burmese 'pigeon's blood red' rubies are even priceless!"

Chen Wei told Mo Liming the common sense about rubies in detail, and Mo Liming's interest greatly increased after hearing this. He hadn't started playing with rubies and other gems. Make good use of your own unique advantages to make a big profit.

While speaking, they had arrived at a "Gambling Treasure" shop. Under Chen Wei's leadership, Mo Liming and Tang Yan walked into the gem exhibition hall.

There were many people patronizing in that huge hall, and Mo Liming noticed that there were rubies of different shapes and sizes placed on the counter at one side, all marked with numbers, and the colors were also different, ranging from bright red to ruby. to light red.

Naturally, Mo Liming can see that these small ruby ​​particles should be salvaged from the Menggong River and other rivers. There is no way to gamble with such rough ruby ​​stones. The store probably calculates them according to carats, but compared to processed It will be much cheaper later on.

Mo Liming knew well that it was not easy to find and collect a ruby ​​from the river. The whole process was extremely complicated, and the operator had to pay [-] points of hardship.

The time proven "panning technique" is one of the most common and useful prospecting methods, basically it consists of searching for river gravel, which is more commonly concentrated in rivers due to the highly defined gravity of corundum (a very hard jade stone) and in creek beds, exploration consists of sampling of the river gravel, starting at the lower reaches of the river, when even very fine corundum is found, one works regularly from downstream to upstream, sampling along the way, ending when nothing is found , and the next step is to retrace to locate the exact location of the gemstone's initial trace, from here further sampling will be done to determine the banks of the appropriate rivers and streams from which the corundum originated.
How was the final mining operation accomplished?

First, the huge boulders are removed, and then the gemstone-bearing gravel is concentrated in a certain place and screened with a set of wire mesh screens. The main steps are divided into three steps:

The first step removes the largest stones from the top sieve; the second step removes the medium-sized gravel from the second sieve; and the third step leaves the smallest gravel on the third sieve.

Once the gravel has been selected, the general procedure for picking gems is to hold some tool in one hand to remove the gravel while the other hand picks the gems.Put the selected gemstones in the bamboo basket, and push the selected gravel off the table, because there may still be small pieces of gemstones in the discarded gravel, which can continue to be selected by hand.

In the end, the birth of a gem always needs to be washed by people's sweat and even blood, and it is because of its rarity that everyone cherishes it.

"Brother, that is our local natural ruby. The price ranges from a few thousand RMB to tens of thousands of RMB per carat. Do you need it?" Chen Wei asked in his ear.

Mo Liming shook his head and said, "I don't play that kind of thing, it doesn't seem like there is any gambling involved, let's go and see it over there."

As he spoke, he pointed to the rocks at the end of the hall.

(End of this chapter)