Jinsiyu is a precious jade variety, which is produced in terraced fields, Gobi desert, desert and other areas of China ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang. Mainly yellow, red and white, with great appreciation potential. Golden jade is mainly produced in secondary sediments transported by rivers for a long distance. After carving, it has high ornamental and collection value and is a unique variety in China. Xinjiang's "golden jade" has the noble quality of precious stones.

Jinsiyu was baptized by years in the Gobi Desert, suddenly quenched and heated, and finally grew into a very stable and excellent jade variety. It has a variety of colors and a very beautiful appearance; At the same time, its properties are very stable, unlike Huanglongyu's phenomenon of "losing water" and "fading", and its hardness is also very strong, which is very suitable for being carved into various handicrafts.

2. xiuyan jade

Xiuyan jade is a specialty of Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, Anshan City, Liaoning Province, and a symbolic product of China's national geography. Xiuyan jade is the earliest and oldest jade species in the history of Chinese jade culture.

More than 5,000 years ago, during the Hongshan Culture period in the north, the development and utilization of xiuyan jade reached its peak. Archaeological findings show that there are also many xiuyan jade artifacts among the jade unearthed from Neolithic cultural sites such as the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basin. Xiuyan jade is the protagonist in the "Jade of God" period.

3. Hetian jade

Hetian jade, one of the "four famous jade in China". The traditional narrow category refers to the jade produced in Hotan area of Xinjiang, which is famous for its "inferior material". Hetian jade broadly refers to nephrite.

Although Hetian jade is named after Hetian, Xinjiang, it is not a regional concept in itself, nor does it refer to the jade produced in Hetian, Xinjiang, but the name of a class of products. China named all the stones with tremolite accounting for more than 98% as Hetian jade, which are within the national standards.

4. lantian jade

Lantian jade has a long history of mining, but its output is low, which can't meet the needs of society. With the exhaustion of ancient jade mines and the opening of the Silk Road, other jade species were used as jade materials in various places, and the exploitation and application in lantian jade gradually lost. The exact location of Yushan ancient mineral deposit after the earthquake is unknown.

Lantian jade has a long history of development, but complete ancient lantian jade is rare. In Xi 'an Collection and Research Institute, there is a well-preserved lantian jade turtle dome lamp, which has a history of more than 2,000 years and is 10cm high. Judging from the texture at the bottom, although the turtle dome lamp has been weathered for thousands of years, the material characteristics of lantian jade are still very obvious.

5, ice hibiscus jade

The original stone of ice hibiscus jade grows in the hot spring outlet, so it contains more soluble minerals, which is beneficial to the maintenance of human skin. Because it belongs to lantian jade, it also has the characteristics of lantian jade, that is, the original stone is divided into jade skin, jade meat and jade heart. The jade skin is dead and worthless, while the jade meat and jade heart are living jade, which can fully communicate with the human body. Wear it on the left to nourish the heart and on the right to nourish the lungs.

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