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China has a vast territory, and there are many kinds of stones. Some stones are even close to you, or not far apart, but you may not know it. Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, feldspar stone and Bahrain stone are the four famous stones we are familiar with. In addition to these four famous stones, there are several other stones that deserve attention and collection.

Shoushan stone

Produced in Shoushan, Fujian, hence the name. An ore mainly composed of pyrophyllite. It is usually a dense block, sheet, bell or radial aggregate. Glass luster, greasy feeling. There are three types: transparent, translucent and opaque. The texture is dense and delicate, and the fat is soft, like jade.

There are many kinds of Shoushan stone, which is called "Shoushan stone jelly" because of its transparent texture. Pure as sheep fat is called "Bai Furong". According to the source, there are Tiankeng, Shuikeng, Shankeng Shoushan Stone, Tiankeng Stone and Shuikeng Stone are the best. Tiankeng stone is separated from the stone vein and forms a block independently. It was buried by SARS for many years. Slightly transparent, with extremely fine radish lines in the muscles. Its yellow is called Tianhuang, white is called Baitian, black is called Kuroda, and pink is called Hongtian, all of which are the top grades of Shoushan Stone. Among them, Tianhuang is divided into orange, ripe chestnut, loquat yellow and golden yellow, which is extremely precious and is the best among Shoushan stones.

According to the texture, color, shape and other characteristics of the stone, China Shoushan stone carving artists give full play to the inherent characteristics of the stone and process it into ornamental carving ornaments, so that the content and materials of the works are integrated, showing the ideal artistic characteristics and elegant taste of Shoushan stone carving.

Stone in qingtian county, Zhejiang Province

Produced in Qingtian, Zhejiang, hence the name. The main component is pyrophyllite, and the biogenic minerals are Yingshi, corundum, andalusite, kaolinite and a small amount of kyanite and greenstone. The hardness is 2 ~ 3, the specific gravity is 2.6 ~ 2.7, and the fire resistance is 1630℃ ~ 1730℃. Waxy to glassy luster, homogeneous block, translucent to opaque, a few transparent. The texture is dense and delicate, moist and bright, tough and heat-resistant, like jade. The colors are bright and colorful, and the background colors are blue and white, gray, red, pink, orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, purple-blue, dark blue, brown and black.

Precious varieties are light frozen, blue Qingtian, fengmenqing, bamboo leaf green, mustard green, mountain cannon green and golden splendor, and strange stones are dragon egg, fengmensancai, plywood jelly and rosewood jelly. Among them, blue Qingtian stone, also known as Fengmen Sanlan (blue star, blue ribbon and blue flower), is a representative variety of Qingtian stone family. Blue is unique to Qingtian stone. The stone is bright blue, bright in color, elegant and charming; Blue flower tripod is green or orange, inlaid with corundum dark blue spots, unique; Dragon egg stone shell is a layer of dark brown hard stone, which contains blue and yellow frozen stone, which is very precious.

balin stone

Produced in Bahrain Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. An ore mainly composed of pyrophyllite. Hardness 2 ~ 3, waxy luster, divided into translucent, slightly transparent and opaque three grades. Its land colors are white, pink, yellow, orange, gray, green, black, etc., and the white sheep fat frozen land is the top grade. Bright color, strange texture, warm texture, like jade. Both the simple and dignified material of Shoushan stone and the delicate texture of Qingtian frozen stone have become a rare variety among many stone materials.

Bahrain stone can be roughly divided into bloodstone, Yellowstone, frozen stone and colored stone. Bahrain bloodstone is the most attractive Bahrain stone variety. Its stone is warm and solid, with strong color contrast, and the blood on the stone is scattered, just like the rosy clouds reflecting the bright moon, which is the icing on the cake. Bahrain Fu Huangshi and Shoushan Tian Huangshi are also called "sister stones". Its texture is transparent and soft, firm but not brittle, and its color is pure yellow and flawless. It is rare and extremely precious to combine the six elements of essence, cleanliness, moistening, greasy, warmth and coagulation.

bloodstone

Named after vermilion (HgS) as deep red as chicken blood. The red part of the stone is blood, and the part other than blood color is ground out. Waxy or greasy luster. According to its color, combined with color type and transparency, it can be divided into sheep fat jelly, hibiscus jelly, lotus root powder jelly, waxberry jelly, red jelly, yellow jelly, gray jelly, black jelly, multicolor jelly and China white jelly, safflower jelly, aquatic plants, peanut cake, Dahongpao, red hat and other varieties. The shape of blood is veinlets, strips, blocks, dots and clouds scattered on the ground. It has a bright red and crystal natural beauty.

China bloodstone is divided into Changhua bloodstone and bahrain bloodstone according to its origin. Changhua bloodstone is produced in Yuyan Mountain, Changhua County, Zhejiang Province. It is an aggregate of Cinnabar, kaolinite, dickite, pyrophyllite, fine-grained quartz and other minerals. Cinnabar (Cinnabar) is the main component of blood, including bright red, scarlet, purplish red, dark red and light red. Kaolinite, dickite and pyrophyllite are the main components of the land. They are pure white, often dyed into gorgeous colors and patterns because of their various elements, and translucent to opaque because of their different perfection of alteration. The stone is fragile, but its blood color is fresh and pure, bright and bright, and it is called "South Blood".