Every 4-6 yuan.
Changle is known as the hometown of sapphire in China. In particular, Wangxin Village and Fangshan in Wutu Town, Changle County are rich in sapphire. But for the baby buried next to you
At first, local villagers didn't care. Until 1986, a group of people wearing geological exploration overalls came to the village and dug in the ground for more than half a month. After they left, the villagers realized that the black stones often dug in crops are precious sapphires, which can be sold for a lot of money. According to Zhao, director of China Gem City Management Committee in Changle, in the mid-1980s, black and blue crystals of different sizes were everywhere in the fields of the village, and villagers usually called them black stones. Because the hardness of sapphire is Mohs 9, which is harder than ordinary stones, everyone originally picked it up as flint to light a stove to smoke, so it is also called tungsten gold flint.
The reporter learned that 20 years ago, villagers in Fuyu mining area could pick up several baskets of sapphires in their crops after the rain. Zhao told reporters: As soon as the news that Changle is rich in sapphire came out, people came here to buy it. At first, businessmen from Thailand and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces came to buy it. Because the local people don't know the value of sapphire, and they didn't expect that the stones they usually pick up to make a fire can still be sold for money, so they are all sold by pieces, each piece is more than 10 grams or even more, for 3-5 yuan money, and the good ones can be sold 10 yuan. Now it seems that a sapphire like that is worth hundreds of thousands or even millions. The value of precious stones soared.
It is reported that the existing mining right of placer in Changle County will be exploited by the villagers' consortium. Liu, a villager in Wutu Street Village, is one of them. More than ten years ago, Liu led 20 villagers' shareholders to set up a gem mining company, and obtained the sapphire mining right under more than 3,000 mu of farmland and homestead in the village. At this time, the price of sapphire has risen to several thousand yuan per gram. The simple and rude way of digging treasures has made poor villages that can't even afford electricity suddenly rich. But because they didn't understand the value of sapphire, many people in the village were cheated and some even went bankrupt. Sapphire processing plants have rapidly declined from the initial near 100 to more than a dozen now. Zhao said: Those who lost money were cheated, some were cheated of gems, and some refused to give money because they were all processing transactions such as' family workshops', and many people were cheated of millions. Once, a villager took a few kilograms of sapphire to Thailand to sell. When he passed the customs, he was set up and abruptly detained his sapphire as smuggled goods and confiscated it. Sapphire 15 per gram -20 yuan
The financial crisis has dragged down.
Sapphire price
Just when people are optimistic about the economic benefits brought by sapphire, with the arrival of the international financial crisis, it has also brought a huge impact to the sapphire market, and many businesses have stumbled.
Liu Haibo, general manager of Gorgeous Jewelry, told the reporter that because sapphires are mainly sold to Thailand, they are further processed in Thailand and then sold to Europe and America. 1998, the international financial crisis spread to Thailand. For a time, the value of sapphire dropped rapidly. Sapphire, which costs about 2,000 yuan per gram now, can only be sold for 15-20 yuan at that time, and even the electricity fee of the shop can't be earned. More than half the shops in Gem City are closed. At that time, I switched to gold processing business, and I didn't sell all my sapphires. I finally got through it. At 200 1, the' golden season' of sapphire came and the price began to rise. Sapphire is about 3000 yuan per gram.
The prohibition of mining has been curbed.
price fall
In the second half of 2002, in view of the serious situation caused by predatory development, Changle county made up its mind and made a decision to completely ban sapphire mining in the county, and clearly stipulated that it should not be mined again for at least 10 years, so as to gradually digest the existing stock of society and restore the due value of sapphire to the maximum extent.
The ban on mining is really immediate: with the decrease of supply, the price of sapphire has increased year after year. In recent five years, the price of Changle sapphire in the global market has increased by 10 times. Zhao, director of the Gem City Management Committee, said that a few years ago, it would be good for ordinary sapphires to sell for more than 20 yuan a carat. At present, it costs at least 2000-3000 yuan, and the price of some gems with large particles or good appearance is even higher.
Liu Haibo runs a sapphire company, which integrates mining, cutting, grinding, processing and sales. A sapphire weighing 24 grams is called Blue Starlight, which is the darling of Liu Haibo. I bought it for 20 thousand a few years ago A few days ago, a customer in Shanghai offered 350 thousand to buy it. I didn't agree. I won't consider this sapphire if the bid is less than 400 thousand. This thing is getting more and more valuable, and the potential for appreciation in the future is unlimited. It is possible to increase 1000 times or1000 times. Liu Haibo said.