Charm of Yunnan Wuhua Tianbao (3)

Yellow stone

If jade is suspected of being "imported", then the yellow wax stone is produced in Yunnan.

In fact, the yellow wax stone, also known as

Yellow stone

If jade is suspected of being "imported", then the yellow wax stone is produced in Yunnan.

In fact, the yellow wax stone, also known as Huang Longyu, is produced in Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve in Longling County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province and the surrounding Supa River Basin. It is close to the origin of jadeite jade in Myanmar, and it is a neighbor, belonging to both ends of the national border, but it is a "good family" of one side of the water and soil.

Lantian jade, Nanyang Jade, Hetian Jade and Xiuyu Jade have a history of five or six thousand years in China, or even longer. On the other hand, Huang Longyu is a new jade species discovered in 2004, which has been known for a shorter time than jadeite.

It was not until February 20 1 1 that Huanglong jade was officially listed in the national jewelry and jade list and became a natural jade with the same status as jade and Hetian jade. His fate is like an unknown punk who became a bachelor overnight.

Because, before Huanglongyu was discovered, it was an unremarkable stone-the local people thought it was very hard, and when it was chosen as the cornerstone of road construction, it was really "blind and ignorant".

Until 2000, Guangxi stone merchants discovered "Yunnan yellow wax stone" in Supa River at the junction of Longling and Xiangda in Yunnan. Because of its delicate stone, golden color, huge block shape and rich changes, it was quietly excavated and sold as an ornamental stone in Guangxi.

Later, after expert appraisal, the yellow wax stone was given the opportunity to break the cocoon and become a butterfly, and became Huang Longyu. Although Huang Longyu is known late, it combines the warmth of Hetian jade, the color of Tian Huang and the hardness of jadeite, and it shows its kingly demeanor after its stunning appearance.

Moho hardness of Huang Longyu is 6.5-7, which is almost the same as that of jadeite. Excellent toughness, rich colors (especially bright yellow and positive red, comparable to top tianhuang and bloodstone), dense texture, good head and beautiful luster. It has the "five virtues" used by the ancients to describe excellent jade, and has become one of the three hottest excellent jade at present. It is the highest quality discovered after Hetian jade and Burmese jade in Xinjiang.

Due to the lack of Mohs hardness, there is no domestic jade that can be made into "high-grade jewelry" in China. The only high-grade jadeite jewelry is jadeite from Myanmar, which is the shortcoming of jade culture in China and China for thousands of years, but the appearance of Huang Longyu is changing this situation.

Because of this, at the beginning of 2004, the good Huanglong Jade Mountain material on the market was only a few yuan per kilogram, but now it has risen to several thousand yuan or even ten thousand yuan per kilogram. Because of the scarcity of resources, good seed materials, turf materials, landscapes and grass flowers are hard to find, and Yunnan has created many myths of getting rich.

One of the most famous jokes is that a local rickshaw driver started in 300 yuan and fired Huang Longyu. It only took five years to become a multimillionaire. Its rapid price rise has created a miracle in the history of jade. In addition, Huanglongyu's proven reserves are less than 400,000 tons, only about 5% of which can be utilized, and high-quality stone materials are rare, so Huang Longyu has the rare characteristics of precious stones.

Although the price increase in Huang Longyu is very fast, its price is far lower than the sky-high price of 20-30 million yuan per kilogram of Hetian sheep fat white jade, a top pendant and a top bracelet of 200 million yuan.

"Prosperous times produce beautiful jade". In the traditional culture of China, "yellow is like gold, red is like blood, and Bai Rubing is like ink". Huang Longyu is rich in jade colors, such as yellow, red, white, gray, black and extremely rare purple and green.

Among them, the yellow series includes emperor yellow, chicken oil yellow, orange yellow, bright yellow, khaki and so on; The red system includes chicken blood red, scarlet, vermilion and so on. Because its appearance makes up for the shortage of topaz species from ancient times to the present. What is more difficult is that yellow and red are the main colors, which are consistent with the colors of the national flag and the national emblem, and have special symbolic significance, which is destined to open up a new world for the development of Chinese jade culture and fulfill the dream of China people for thousands of years.

"Rotten wood cannot be carved", on the contrary, good jade will be carved into a masterpiece. Because Huang Longyu is like a girl born with beauty, a good bottom plate with a little self-cultivation is different. Therefore, his sculptures have won the Tiangong Award in international competitions for many times, and they have also become the only designated jade for gold inlaid jade medals in many world competitions such as the 23rd Asian Table Tennis Championships. It also marks that Huang Longyu ranks among the halls of world-class beautiful jade and strange stones.

What is a rising star? I learned. Jade has a history of several hundred years, and Huanglongyu has a history of more than ten years, which shows that shine on you is better than blue. Perhaps one day, the new jade species that God has long given to mankind will be born again, making a blockbuster. (Image from the Internet)