Chapter 62 Visitors from Extraterrestrial Space
"Brother Lin, tell us about this stone!" Qiao Yufan said.
"This is a meteorite."
"Ah! So this is a meteorite!" Qiao Yufan opened his mouth.
The so-called meteorites are unburned stone, iron or stone-iron mixed materials that are quickly scattered on the surface of the earth or other planets by cosmic meteors or dust fragments that have deviated from the original orbit outside the earth.
During the formation of meteorites, light trails are produced, which are commonly known as meteors.
Shooting stars are often seen as the stars of wishes.
Whether it is a TV series or in real life, when people see shooting stars appearing in the clear night sky, they will always subconsciously close their eyes, clasp their hands together, and make their wishes at the moment the shooting stars pass by.
"I heard that meteorites are sold by the gram. This meteorite should be worth a lot of money, right?"
The meteorite in Henry's hand is slightly smaller than his fist and is oval-shaped.
Lin Yuan nodded: "Meteorites are sold by the gram, but the value of meteorites cannot be generalized. Different types of meteorites have different prices."
"Are there different types of meteorites?"
Huo Qingtong always thought that meteorites were meteorites, how could he think so carefully.
"Of course, according to their different chemical composition and structural characteristics, they can be divided into meteorites, iron meteorites and stony iron meteorites."
Lin Yuan told everyone that stony meteorites are mainly composed of silicate minerals and are the most common type of meteorites, accounting for more than 90% of all meteorites.
Iron meteorites are mainly composed of iron-nickel alloy, accounting for more than 90%. They are the most metallic type of meteorites. They often have a silvery-white appearance, and their surfaces show a unique "Western pattern" due to traveling through the atmosphere at high speeds.
Stony iron meteorites, as the name suggests, are composed between stony meteorites and iron meteorites. They contain a certain amount of silicate minerals and a considerable proportion of iron-nickel alloys.
"Stony meteorites have the lowest price, generally US$400/g; followed by iron meteorites, at US$687/g, and stony-iron meteorites are the highest, with prices ranging from US$1,100/g to US$2,000/g."
Of course, what Lin Yuan gave was an approximate price.
Because the price of meteorites is affected by many factors such as market supply and demand, collection popularity, scientific research value, etc., the price fluctuates greatly.
Qiao Yufan wanted to come to the meteorite and found that the meteorite had a shiny surface and a Westerton structure. He also weighed the meteorite and found it was quite heavy.
He told Lin Yuan his guess: "Is this an iron meteorite?"
"Yes. You observed very carefully!" Lin Yuan cast a look of approval.
Lin Yuan knew that iron meteorites had a high iron content and were much heavier than stones of the same volume. Qiao Yufan obviously understood this reason and estimated the weight of the meteorite by hand.
Henry's eyes flashed, silently calculating in his mind the approximate value of this meteorite.
Meteorites are usually divided into four major categories. In addition to the above three types of meteorites, there is also a glass meteorite.
It is a natural glass material, often black or dark green, translucent. It is generally believed to be caused by meteorite events. The collision of large meteorites caused the surface and meteorite fragments to quickly melt, cool and crystallize quickly.
With the example of Henry picking up the leak, everyone no longer despised the stones in front of them.
Each one stared at the strange stones, picking them up from time to time and asking Lin Yuan if they were worth anything.
"Isn't this stone valuable? It looks pretty!" Li Qiushui was a little depressed. After all, she paid for the stone in her hand.
The surface of the stone on Li Qiu's water is covered with beautiful flowers.
Li Qiushui pursed his lips: "Why?"
After all, it cost money, you have to know the reason, right?
Before Lin Yuan could speak, the old uncle spoke first: "This is the chrysanthemum stone." This stone, the old uncle knew, was a chrysanthemum stone.
Its flower shape is similar to the colorful autumn chrysanthemum. The flower is milky white, with clear texture, clear boundaries, lifelike expression, and crystal clear jade. It is named because the andalusite crystals contained in the stone resemble chrysanthemums.
"This thing has a large production volume."
The old uncle's words made everyone understand.
Things are rare and valuable! This sentence is common all over the world.
Since the output is large, it cannot be valuable.
Just like diamonds, they used to be very precious, but since the discovery of giant diamond mines, diamond companies have panicked and quickly controlled the mining volume, thus stabilizing the price.
However, when China's artificial diamonds came out, they couldn't control it anymore.
"Completely worthless?" Li Qiu Shui still refused to give up.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no valuable chrysanthemum stones.
"Some of the more exotic ones are valuable, so we can't generalize them. In short, no matter what they are, it all depends on the quality. There is no comparison between ordinary ones and fine ones." Lin Yuan said.
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A few years ago, someone picked up a strange chrysanthemum stone. Not only did the flower shape be beautiful and realistic, but it was also colorful. It is said that someone paid hundreds of thousands for it.
Our common chrysanthemum stone raw materials have a single color, the stone is gray-black and the flowers are white; while the colored chrysanthemum stones are mostly white, milky white, pink, light yellow, and colorful.
"It stands to reason that this kind of stone is unique to Hunan. I didn't expect it to be found abroad." Lin Yuan said.
The old uncle smiled: "How do you know it's from abroad? What if it was shipped from China?"
"Bringing this kind of stone out? What are you trying to do?" Qiao Yufan also asked.
"Some things are not valuable at home, but not necessarily overseas. Just like some things are not valuable overseas, but are valuable at home, what would you do if you encounter them? You should buy them and take them back, right?" The old uncle said with a smile.
Although he doesn't understand appraisal, he understands some principles.
Just like this kind of stone, after getting it out, you find that foreigners don't like it either, so they throw it into their hands.
"Of course, it's not surprising that there are chrysanthemum stones abroad. No one can guarantee that something is a specialty of a certain place. This kind of stone is formed by nature after all. As long as the environment and conditions are similar, it can produce similar things. Come." The old uncle continued.
Just like jade, everyone used to think that it was only found in Myanmar, but later jade mines were also discovered in other countries. However, the quality and reputation are far inferior to those in Myanmar.
Since it was worthless, Li Qiu Shui changed hands and threw away the expensive chrysanthemum stone.
In addition to stones, Lin Yuan and the others also saw some agates, but the quality was very poor, so they had no desire to buy them.
As we all know, agate is actually silica, and this ingredient can be said to be everywhere on the earth.
In the past, this kind of agate was quite valuable.
In ancient times, human beings had not yet learned to dig three feet into the ground to mine ore and discover treasures. The ancients worked on the land, catching fish, catching shrimps, planting rice and grazing, and they could accidentally pick up an agate on the ground.
The way to get it is not easy.
But things are different now. With various mining tools, a large amount of agate can be found once dug, so it is naturally worthless. Of course, some high-quality and exotic ones are still valuable, such as Nanhong, water gall agate, etc., which are relatively rare.
(End of chapter)