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Wood changes stone namely stone of eye of opal, tiger, opal, also say " cat eye " , silicon of oxidation of a kind of noncrystalline, contain become angry apparently dizzy colour, stone has the dizzy grain of natural wood village, also very get a name like the eye of cat, tiger like felid, often be used to regard as lapidary, often wear attainable Buddha bless.
■ turquoise (Kallaite)
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Renown beryl, song Shi, get a name because of the pinecone of verdure of its color, be similar in shape, it is one of rare expensive lapidary breed on the world, because its pass Turkey to input European each country, reason has " turquoise " say, also say " Tujue jade " . Turquoise goods already was become now taste to be collected importantly, be a kind secondary and mineral, drench in inchoate granite rock by the groundwater that contains copper, aluminous, phosphor filter and into, in the lode of close the earth's surface precipitation forms n/med tuberculosis, by the matrix place wrap up of cliff arteries and veins. Turquoise is the earliest use as the mineral breed of decorations.
Hardness is 6, specific gravity 2.6~2.8, have downy candle shape burnish. Be in a body is medium iron pledges " black line " call " iron line turquoise " , say in abroad " blue white Song Shi " . Our country is produced with place of northwest of another name for Hubei province most famous, and other places of Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Anhui, Henan also produces. Turquoise is one of our country's old traditional jade, be in early The Neo-lithic Age, use as together with the jade such as gray jade, agate adornment. From the The Neo-lithic Age terminal the Qijia culture and relics of culture of mouth of big short of Wenshui River arrive in the grave of times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, all had discovered turquoise adornment.
As decorations, people loves the green of turquoise and grain. In ancient time people is together connection of it and religion, superstition. Our country Tibet esteems all the more to turquoise, still be divine adornment things up to now, use at ritual. American Indian thinks turquoise is the demon of the sea and blue sky, be superhuman strength is indicative. Most and civilized ancient national capital advocates turquoise, if Egypt, Persia, A thises,the stage is overcome (Mexican Indian ancient country) etc. What turquoise contains an element because of place is different, color has difference, blue is shown when coppery oxide, green is shown when ferreous oxide, colour is the main factor that affects turquoise quality. The southern part that turquoise producing area basically has the United States each city, iran, of Egypt on the west Nai peninsula. China, Australia, Chile, Afghanistan, Russia also produces a few turquoise.
The world's at present greatest turquoise is lapidary, originate in altitude of Hubei Yun county on many meters 1200 Yun Gaishan. This turquoise is 82 centimeters long, tall, each 29 centimeters wide, heft 66 kilograms, show blue, green, the structure is whole, quality of a material is exquisite. Hubei Yun in relief area is called the countryside of Oriental beryl, the turquoise stuff that teem with is simple pure, colour and lustre is gorgeous, bright and dazzing, color is shamrock, dark green, ash more blue, pink is green, very infrequent. The turquoise grade that Yun county cloud builds mine of Shan Lusong rock to produce is optimal, most precious.
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