Chapter 1711 Sichuan Red
During the appraisal, Zhou Zhi was even more thoughtful and sent the Gannan Red and Yunnan Red that he had collected to Di Da for testing.
The results are very gratifying. Whether it is Gannan red, Yunnan red or the current flint, the certificate of Dida is the same - hematite inclusion igneous agate.
The specific cause is that when the silica hydrothermal fluid enters the surrounding rock holes, it brings the mineral ions in the surrounding rock together. After cooling, the red minerals are randomly distributed in the agate in the form of inclusions, forming The agate has a special shape with dense distribution and uniform color.
This is Nanhong.
Jewelry-grade Nanhong, which is the kind used to make court beads, has a texture similar to coral. Even under the light, the agate pattern cannot be seen. This is its special feature.
Although there is no agate pattern, under close light illumination, you can also see that the red color is actually composed of some dense small red dots. These small red dots are visible to the naked eye, fine and uniform. In fact, It is the mineral point of ferric oxide ion mineral, which is called "cinnabar point" in the jargon.
This feature also makes Nanhong extremely difficult to imitate, and it is also one of the signs of distinguishing authenticity from fake.
Gannan red has been around for the longest time, and its place of origin is no longer known. Its quality is very good, its density is unusually high, and its color is red and bright.
However, the red range in Gannan is narrow, with the color between orange-red and bright red. The stone has a better sense of thickness and richness. In jargon, it has a strong "jade feeling" or "oily feeling".
The southern Yunnan red in Baoshan area is characterized by large cracks in the blocks, so-called "without cracks, there is no mountain". The color of Yunnan Red is bright and the color gamut is wide. It can appear in shades from pink and white, pink, orange to vermilion, etc. However, the visual effect is prone to surface fog-like structure. According to the aesthetics of the ancients, Gannan Red is After it was exhausted, Baoshan Nanhong was used as a substitute. Therefore, only the orange to red materials with colors closest to Gannan Red were used to make jewelry, and the rest were basically discarded.
However, because there are so many red cracks in southern Yunnan, it is almost impossible to find a bead without cracks. Therefore, these products are more used by people in snowy areas as a substitute for coral, and they are preserved as drum beads. , abacus beads and the like mostly.
Since the identification results are consistent, Zhou Zhi now dares to boldly claim that the Yi flint he discovered is also called Nanhong.
Sichuan Southern Red, or Liangshan Southern Red.
So far, Zhou Zhi has discovered many unique varieties. Focus on a variety of varieties.
There are "jade chemical materials" that are very close to Gannan red and Yunnan red, which are dense and uniform. The colors range from oxblood, brocade red, cinnabar, and persimmon. This kind of jade material is oily and dense, and it is not transparent under the light and can be touched with a flashlight. The illumination aperture is as large as the aperture distribution of Hetian jade. This material is of course the best. In ancient times, it could be used to make the best pearls. Zhou Zhi called it "ox blood red", "jin red" and "persimmon red".
The second type has a cherry-like texture. It can transmit light when lit, and clear cinnabar dots can be seen. The cinnabar dots are evenly distributed, but the color dots are relatively thin. Zhou Zhi named it "cherry red".
The third category is a mixture of several materials. The color points are thin and transparent, but still bright red and opaque stones such as "ox blood red", "jin red" and "persimmon red". The flows are mixed together to form flowing lines like solidified flames, forming natural red patterns. Zhou Zhi likes this type best and calls it "flame red".
The last category is "glass frit" that lacks iron ions, which is transparent and colorless, or chalcedony like thin rice soup, with only some bright red color spots distributed on it, and some color spots. Like the "pine flowers" on preserved eggs, some are like water droplets, some are like fog ribbons, and they are like bright red flowers floating on the ice. Zhou Zhi calls them "ice drifting".
In addition, there is another kind that Zhou Zhi doesn't like, and that is Tu Ziri's favorite "flint material", black agate, and "red and black material" that goes from black to red. These two types are too far away from the traditional aesthetic concept of Nanhong. In addition, the varieties are now very rich, so Zhou Zhi did not include them in the scope of "Nanhong".
In short, no matter what kind of flower or color, it must be bright, bright and shiny before it can be taken into consideration.
“I’ve heard that many people have removed the foundations of their houses and sold them to you,” Tu Liangzhi said, “turning over orchards, digging septic tanks, and selling stones, all right!”
"It's not expensive anyway." Zhou Zhi said cheerfully: "A barrel of wine is exchanged for a hundred catties of stones, and you won't lose much."
"Why did you and the kids get so much? Not this price?" Tu Liangzhi asked.
"Children can't drink." Zhou Zhi said: "And their stones are all collected from the river. Those stones have been washed by the river for a long time and have a particularly good texture. They are called 'Shui Zi'er'. Of course they are not the same price as mountain products." . ”
“Didn’t you use an angle grinder to grind it a few days ago? How many are there? It doesn’t seem to be that good?”
Lai Zhouzhi feels ashamed when he talks about this. He mainly buys jade from seeds and has never seen the processing steps, except for the raw stones, which are the finished products. So I imitated others who played with jade, used an angle grinder to remove the stone skin, and learned to "open windows and break stones."
As a result, the water head of Nanhong is incomparable with that of jadeite. Therefore, it is not clear what the stone is like through the wiped-out window. Instead, the window of "Shuizi'er" that was originally a bit shiny became foggy. .
It seems that the quality is not as good as the effect of not cleaning the windows, and it is completely different from the snowflake cotton and blue water glass jade he collected.
In the end, I had to tell myself that professional matters had to be left to professionals. I selected some various stones and sent them back to Shudu for Feng Xueshan to send to Suzhou. Whether they were alive or dead, I left them to a few masters. .
Wu Renzhong took out a red stone of the same brand from his neck and said, "This one is pretty good-looking."
His stone is indeed pretty, it is just a standard "water stone" "Zi'er" is formed by the Nanhong stone from the mountain being washed by the water into the Meigu River and being washed and polished by the water for many years.
Just like the seeds of Hetian jade, the Nanhong seeds that have been washed by running water are more beautiful than those with skins dug out of the mountain soil. Although Zhou Zhi’s skill in grinding stones is too high, he can’t wear them with electric grinding. He still has the ability to use a diamond needle to drill holes in stones. Wu Renzhong’s stone is as big as a plum and is flat, so it’s just right to drill a hole and use it as a pendant.
After listening to Zhou Zhi's words, Wu Renzhong said that stone jewelry would become more and more shiny as he wore it, and he planned to wear it until it looks beautiful before giving it to Shama Ricong.
Almost no one in the room believed that the stone might be valuable. The only one who was doubtful was Lao Chiri, who was very familiar with Zhou Zhi's style.
As for Brother Dayong, it’s not that he doesn’t believe in Zhou Zhi, but he has no interest in these at all.