The original jadeite stone is called "wool". In the jade trading market, wool is also called "stone" and green wool is called "colored goods"; Wool with uneven green color is called "flower brand material", and large wool without luxury is called "brick material". The whole piece of jade velvet wrapped in leather shell, uncut and without windows (also called doors), is called "gambling stone" or "gambling goods", and the leather bag is wrapped with a thin or thick layer of original stone skin. Different betting stones have different colors, including red, yellow, white, black and mixed colors. In jade trading, the most profitable, attractive and risky gambling stone is none other than gambling stone. There is a jargon in the jewelry industry: betting on stones is like betting on life. If you win the bet, you will earn ten times and one hundred times, and you will get rich overnight; If the bet collapses, everything will be gone. Compared with gambling on stones, risky transactions such as stocks and real estate are all immature and dwarfed.
In the past, the sale of jadeite original stone was the most mysterious transaction in the jewelry industry, and her mystery lay in the word "gambling", so buyers also said it was gambling on jade and stone.
Generally speaking, we can't see its true face at a glance only from its appearance. Even in today's prosperous science, no instrument can quickly judge whether it is "Baoyu" or "scum" through this shell. So buying and selling is risky and exciting, so it is called "gambling". Winning the bet was very profitable, so this business lasted for a long time.
One legend is that ...
It is said that Burmese jade merchants, after gambling on stones, generally dare not attend the actual cutting and processing, but burn incense nearby and pray for God's blessing. If there is a lot of bright green in the cut gambling stone, you can get rich overnight; If the gambling stone is cut, its essence is a gray sand head with green outside and white inside, then it will go bankrupt overnight.
From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, there was a jargon in the jewelry industry called "gambling". The so-called "gambling" refers to a pair of discerning eyes of jewelry players who go to jewelry stores to find jade. Jade trading, especially rough stone trading, depends on luck, just like gambling and lottery investing in the future. According to Tan Cui's Zhi Heng on the Sea in Yunnan in Qing Dynasty, "Jade came out of the South Jinsha River, and the river was originally Tengyue, which was more than 2,000 miles away from the state. The barbarian picked it and piled it outside the river bank. The coarse ore obtained outside is as big as pebbles. I don't know if there is jade in it, and I don't know if it is beautiful. Appraisers buy them at will and transport them to Dali and Yunnan Province. There is a jade workshop, seeing jade in the solution, and the land is rich! " This is the historical origin of the "gambling stone" transaction on the border between China, Myanmar and Thailand.
The so-called gambling stone is gambling with rough jade. In the history of China, the most famous gambling stone is "He Shi Bi". According to legend, a man named Bian He found a piece of jade in Chu two thousand years ago. Presented to the two monarchs of Chu, they thought they had been cheated and cut off his left and right legs. Bian He can't walk without legs. He cried for three days and three nights with Yupu in his arms. Later, King Wen of Chu learned about it. He sent someone to take the jade pu and let the jade worker cut it open. As a result, a gem-grade jade was obtained. This kind of gem is named "He Shi Bi". Later, this gem was owned by King Hui of Zhao, and Zhao Haoqi, the king of Qin, promised to exchange fifteen cities for this gem, which shows the high value of this gem. This gem was later carved into a national seal and was not lost until the Western Jin Dynasty.
If Bian He could live to this day, he must be an outstanding master of gambling stones. You know, it takes a deep knowledge of jade to see the quality of jade through its skin. "It is difficult for a fairy to break an inch of jade, and masters often miss." Jade is mysterious when it is underground, and it can't be detected by any instrument. When it came out, it was covered with a rock shell. What is in the shell is still unclear, so the process of judging jade is called "gambling stone" in the industry.
Gambling stone has become a jade trading method, which has risen and flourished in China-Myanmar border in recent ten years. Except the shape and weight, no one can know what is in a rough stone without windows. Only by cutting can we draw a real conclusion. Gamblers guess and judge repeatedly according to their own experience and the performance on the shell to estimate the price. If you buy it back, you may cut open the well-colored foot and it will be worth millions at once. It may also be colorless and waterless, and instantly become worthless. This is the risk of betting on stones. A stone may make people rich, or it may make people lose everything overnight.
In fact, it is very simple to measure the quality of a piece of jade. The first is its hardness and density. The hardness of jadeite is very high, generally reaching Mohs 7 degrees. The jargon of the jade industry is called "planting". Good "planting" means high hardness. Interview in Myanmar, Ruili, Yunnan, Tengchong and other places. I saw that jade sellers would take a piece of glass for experiments and carve their own jade rubble on it. As a result, deep scratches were left on the glass, but the jadeite rubble was not damaged at all. Good jadeite is almost as hard as diamond. The second is transparency, which is called "water head" in the jargon. The higher the transparency, the higher the quality. The best jadeite is like glass, which is called glass bottom in the jade industry.
If the skin doesn't show green at all, only the green at the opening, then its price should be lower than the actual price.
This is the general basis and principle of evaluating high-grade jadeite raw materials, and there will be no big deviation in evaluating jadeite raw materials according to this method.
The quality of jadeite raw materials is changeable, and there is no fixed judgment mode. It is a completely peeled and flawless jade, which may change greatly after cutting. Therefore, the valuation of jadeite raw materials is very practical. Only by seeing more, buying more, thinking more and collecting more can we understand the law of jade price.
In addition to the gambling stone of jadeite, there is also the gambling stone of Shuhua jade in Myanmar. The tree 200 million years ago turned into jade, which is also very gambling. Generally, tree-shaped jade is skinned, and the quality of its jade layer can only be seen by peeling off the skin. Buying Shuhua jade wool is actually a gambling stone. Sometimes it is lost, and sometimes it is a hundred times higher, which requires strong professional knowledge. For details, please check Betstone. Bet stone network is the only one at present.
Photo courtesy of Gambling Stone Culture Research Association of Jewelry Committee of China Business Federation [Edit this paragraph] Trading method Gambling stone is a unique high-grade jade rough stone trading method popular in Yunnan-Myanmar border area. It attracts jade merchants from all directions to participate in the next round with its strong gambling color, strong stimulation and high risk, which can be described as enduring. If the seller is knowledgeable, he will gamble on his eyesight and luck. If he buys the top grade, he becomes a nouveau riche, a millionaire or even a multimillionaire in an instant. On the contrary, if he looks at the goods, he will lose everything. At the beginning of the 20th century, there appeared a group of experts in stone gambling in Tengchong, and Mao Yingde became rich by winning "Mao Jia Da Yu". In order to show off his wealth, thousands of pairs of high-grade jade bracelets were tied to the coffin lid as funerary objects after his death. Since the reform and opening-up, Kunhua Company has been thriving because of gambling on stones. There has been a lot of discussion about the skills and knowledge of gambling stones. To sum up, it is nothing more than grasping the following points.
Zhichangkou: Wulong River Basin, a tributary of Qindun River in northern Myanmar, is a high-quality jadeite mine. There are hundreds of new and old mines (pits) within the scope. The terrain is hilly, the valley is flat, the forest and grass are lush, and the rainfall is abundant, with an annual rainfall of more than 3000 mm.
According to the production environment of jadeite, it can be divided into mountain material and clay material. The former is not weathered and broken, but the original rock without foreskin inside and outside. The latter is weathered and cracked. Crust is formed by soil erosion or river transfer, and its crust characteristics are closely related to the geology, soil, vegetation and water quality of the place of origin, that is, the gambling stones in different places are different. The gambling stone at the famous entrance has typical characteristics. For example, it is located in the old field area in the middle of Wulong River, among which there are 27 big fields. It has been mined until the depth is less than 20 meters, and it is divided into three layers from top to bottom. The first layer is yellow sand skin, the second layer is yellow red sand skin, and the third layer is black sand skin. There are more than 10 yards and new yards in Houjiangchang District, with high output and good quality, which are highly valued by merchants. The stones produced in the deep are marked by red wax, black wax and white yellow wax shells. It should be pointed out that there are many jade yards, and each yard may be produced.
In addition, there are crack types such as size, opening and closing, which have great influence on evaluation, processing and utilization, and are a major defect of jadeite. Insiders said that they are not afraid of big cracks or small cracks, and would rather gamble than gamble. In gambling stone trading, we should pay attention to the outside of the big face, such as double face, big face, evil face and so on. However, the small side and the inner side are relatively weak, so we must be cautious. Experts pointed out through research that the damage degree can be judged by the color of the lock. White is a general rupture, and if it is red, yellow and black, it is a serious degree. These are the characteristics of open cracks, and those with no obvious color belong to micro-open or closed cracks. The internal cracks of finished products and Ming products (open-door jadeite) should be carefully observed, such as porcelain cracks and ponytail cracks, especially green cracks and dislocation cracks, which have a direct impact on their pricing and sales.
There are many methods for counterfeiting and anti-counterfeiting jadeite raw stones and finished products. Of course, people today are also using advanced identification technology to prevent counterfeiting. Gambling stone, as the original jadeite stone, has its particularity. Therefore, gambling stone fraud and counterfeiting are also very knowledgeable.
1. Fake leather shell: Glue inferior materials, waste stones and fakes with high-quality jade leather shells, and then bury them in the soil soaked in acid and alkali to make them look like "genuine leather" to cover up artificial traces. First, clean it with water, check every point and every surface of the shell, and don't let go of tiny holes, cracks and holes, and compare the changes of color and particle size.
2. Fake opening: cut a small hole in the colorless low-grade gambling stone with different water heads, paste high-quality thin slices, and fill them with inferior ones. When identifying, we should carefully check the adhesion marks around the opening (door), the influence of gap shape and temperature difference on it.
3. False heart: Dig the heart and take out a part of high-grade jadeite, leaving the part close to the skin high and green, and then inject lead and other substances to seal the incision. If the weight is too heavy or too light, it may be fake. For the outer skin, you can use a chain and a knife to scratch whether there are uncertain soft objects and look for signs of sticking.
4. pseudo color: Coloring and dyeing are used to turn colorless and light-colored materials into bright turquoise, as well as painting, waxing and deep mud. During identification, the color of enamel turns red with a color filter, and the color distribution changes with a magnifying glass. The artificial coloring in the tiny cracks is heavier, and the other parts are lighter or colorless. Before observing the change, wash and heat it slightly. In the long-term practice of jade processing and production, the predecessors of China's jewelry industry have summarized a lot of experience about jade, and expressed these characteristics of jade in the form of concise aphorisms. Remembering these maxims and being able to understand and appreciate their profound connotations will benefit you for life.
On the evening of April 10, a piece of jade ore consigned from Myanmar to Hangzhou was opened by Song Bo, a jade appraiser in Hangzhou, and an egg-sized green gradually appeared in front of everyone. This jadeite ore with a purchase price of 25,000 yuan was finally processed into two jadeite pendants with a price of 42,420 yuan in Hangzhou.
From the jade mining area in Myanmar to the jade counter on Wulin Road in Hangzhou, this ore changed hands twice, which took nearly a month. Its handlers have accurately calculated its market value and its approximate profit, and there is no accident in the middle.
Nowadays, rare high-quality jadeite ore can escape the eyes of countless experts and be quietly transported into Hangzhou from thousands of miles away. Only with the help of the memories of insiders can we know the long-forgotten legend of "gambling stone"
Value-added, several times, ten times, gambling stone has a rich return.