What stone is jet? What is it usually used for?

There is a kind of stone in China called jet, which of course belongs to the Weilong stone in Wuyuan, Jiangxi.

Jewelry made of dragon tail stone, which people often wear, can purify the soul and drive away evil spirits, and is the best accessory for men and women.

Bring goods, more than jade.

This stone was formed13.5 million years ago and belongs to the Proterozoic Sinian Shangbanxi Group.

After thousands of years of spring, summer, autumn and winter, this kind of stone has formed a unique stone, such as baby's face and beauty's skin, which is delicate and moist. Full of spirituality

Jet is also the abbreviation of Dungeon and Warrior Asura Suit, Jet Soul Protection Suit.

Extended reading:

1 Jade is usually divided into jadeite and nephrite.

Emerald-Emerald is Emerald. Good quality jade is relatively scarce and expensive, which can cater to the tastes of high-end consumers. Mainly produced in Myanmar, it is called rock and river bottom water stone.

Nephrite-white jade, sapphire, jasper, topaz, etc. Nephrite is cheaper, so it is in greater demand and produces more than jadeite. Mainly produced in Taiwan Province Province, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Lin Zhong's famous saying:

Without the knowledge of jade, it is impossible to really understand Chinese civilization; What is the golden key to solve the mystery of world cultural development?

Jade is divided into white jade, jasper, sapphire, jet, topaz, topaz, green jade, Beijing white jade and so on. Geographically, there are Xinjiang jade, Henan jade, xiuyan jade jade (also known as Xinshan jade), Australian jade, dushan jade jade, Southern jade and Canadian jade, among which Xinjiang Hetian jade is a famous specialty in China.

The economic value of Hetian jade is evaluated according to the purity of color and texture, and its main varieties are:

① White jade: It contains tremolite more than 95%, is white in color, pure in texture, delicate and shiny, and is an excellent variety of Hetian jade. During the prosperous period of jade-making in Han, Song and Qing dynasties, great attention was paid to the selection of materials, and high-quality white jade was often carved into "heavy objects".

② Sheep fat white jade: It is named because it looks like sheep fat. The texture is delicate, "white as fat", especially rich and smooth, giving people a feeling of softness at first sight. This is the best variety of white jade. At present, only Hotan, Xinjiang has this variety in the world, and its output is very rare and its value is extremely high. The top grade of white jade is pure and delicate in texture, containing 99% tremolite, white in color, equivalent in weight to coagulated fat, and several times higher in economic value than white jade. Han Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Qing Dynasty all admired sheep fat white jade.

③ Qingtian jade: There is no obvious difference from white jade in texture, but the jade is white with a faint turquoise color. It is the third-class jade in Hetian jade, and its economic value is slightly lower than that of white jade.

④ Sapphire: Light blue, turquoise and gray are all called sapphires, with uniform color and fine texture, 89% tremolite and 6% actinolite, with oily luster and abundant reserves. It is the main variety of jade collected or mined in past dynasties.

⑤ Topaz: It is basically white jade, which has been infiltrated by iron oxide in surface water for a long time, forming a yellow tone in cracks. According to the color change, it is named as: dense wax yellow, chestnut color, okra yellow, yellow flower yellow, egg yolk, etc. The wax yellow and chestnut yellow with strong colors are extremely rare, and their value can be comparable to that of sheep fat white jade. In the Qing dynasty, topaz was homophonic with "yellow", which was extremely rare, and its economic value once exceeded that of white jade with sheep fat.

⑥ Sugar jade: Iron oxide permeates tremolite or red leather shell with different shades, with deep red as "sugar jade" and "tiger skin jade" and white with pink as "powder jade". Sugar jade is often called bi-color jade in white jade or plain jade, which can be used to make "pretty jade". Snuff bottles made of sugar jade leather carving seeds can also proliferate, which is called "gold and silver wrapping".

⑦ Ink jade: The composition of graphite and magnets in tremolite is black, and ink jade is mostly gray or gray with black stripes, which is called "dark clouds, light ink, golden sable whiskers, beauty temples, etc." . Pure lacquer ink with dense black spots, that is, "black as pure lacquer" is the top grade, which is very rare and has higher value than other jet varieties. Jet has waxy luster and uneven color, which is not suitable for carving patterns. It is mostly used to make utensils inlaid with gold and silver thread.

⑧ Jasper: produced in Junggar jade mine, also known as Tianshan Jasper. It is grayish green, dark green and dark green, with pure dark green as the top grade. The quality of black spots, black spots or jade tendons is one grade worse. Jasper contains tremolite above 85%, and its texture is delicate.

Jet: refers to pure black, dark black, gray black and cyan black stones.

Open classification:

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