Distribution of resources, the Chinese jade

Distribution of resources, the Chinese jade

It has discovered a variety of jade consists of 121 species, including: soft jade, jadeite and opal 9. Dushan jade jade and other 39 species, 17 kinds of seal stone, quartzite, 15 kinds of quality jade, serpentine jade quality, 18 species of 23 kinds of stones.

1. Nephrite, jadeite, Opal

Nephrite: Nephrite is the soft jade produced in Xinjiang, is China's precious jade plants, world famous, its sculpture popular in the domestic market is the development of the main varieties of Xinjiang. In Sichuan, Liaoning and Jiangsu were found in nephrite deposits, and has good development prospects. Taiwan nephrite also famous, but because every year in mining, production decline has been close to stop mining.

Jadeite: gem-grade jadeite in China found very little. Opal: This is to Opal, the main ingredients of Opal by Opal. Effect of varying quality opal color for jewelry raw materials, domestic yet to find. Yunnan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and other provinces (regions) are produced in common opal, jade is a low-grade material. Yunnan common opal production, processing, ineffective, fragile, can only process a number of small pieces of jewelry and crafts.

2. Dushan Jade, etc.

Dushan Jade: Nanyang Dushan produced in its name, quartz quality jade. Fine texture, color. Sometimes more than 1000Kg mined by large colorful jade material for the production of giant carvings created the conditions.

Plum jade: produced in Henan, for the production of jade bracelets, flowers, birds, vessels and other crafts.

Colorful jade (Nine Dragon Wall): produced in Fujian, early in the Ming and Qing times already famous, jade has a colorful, contests the feature, rich in resources and mining conditions are good.

Rhodonite (peach jade, Beijing powder Tsui): mainly in Hunan, Sichuan, Qinghai, Beijing, Jiangsu and other places, is a good jade material. Hunan production of stone lions, elephants and flowers, birds, fish, insects, life-like. Sichuan, with its carving of the animal, in particular, with its carved doors lion, worked at home and abroad to snap up the hot item. Beijing reserves will decline every year since, now in sporadic mining. Qinghai has not specialized in mining, ore mining alone, the way a small amount of recovery. Jiangsu has not yet been developed and utilized.

Turquoise: mainly in Hubei, Shaanxi, Anhui, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, and Henan have a small amount of output.

Malachite: mainly in Hubei, Guangdong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, there are outputs. Hubei malachite ribbon clear, high quality, but is now rare.

Fluorite: mainly in Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Liaoning, about 16 provinces (autonomous regions), Inner Mongolia fluorite rich in resources, ranking the forefront, with green, purple, yellow, colorless and so on. Fluorite is mainly used for carving decorations, displays, and more jade substitutes for other, more as ornamental stones and mineral specimens.

3. Seal Rock

Soapstone: mainly produced in Neimengbalin Bahrain Soapstone and Zhejiang Changhua's Bloodstone.

Pyrophyllite: mainly produced in Zhejiang as the Qingtian Stone, Fujian Shoushan of Shoushan stone and stone, Liyang, Jiangsu.

Balin Shi, Chang fossils, Qingtian stone, Shou Shan stone and long white (kaolinite) is China's "five seal stone." Moreover, the beryl (sericite), Liyang stone, jade business Luo (muscovite), Pingtang flower stone, jade Huangling, Dongxing stone, purple jade stone is an ideal material for seal carving.