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What is Flamed Southern Red Agate?

Discovered and mined in 1989, Southern Red is a precious variety of agate. Nanhong is named for its production in China's southern border, including Yunnan, southern Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and so on. Nanhong very early has been exploited by people, some people say that the ancient books in the head of the so-called "red agate" is mostly referred to the nanhong agate. Southern red agate bright color, fine texture, very beautiful. It is said that roughly in the Qing Dynasty Qianlong years, Nanhong agate mining extinction, now passed down the Jiang pig Nanhong agate are Han to Ming things. New mine Nanhong main source of origin in southern Sichuan Daliangshan, Yunnan Baoshan also produced, but Baoshan material due to more cracks, no gemstone-grade ore, gemstone-grade ore is mainly produced in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan