Reason:
Last year, Qinghai Province, known as the "roof of the world", sent a letter to BOCOG, proposing that Kunlun jade be used as the raw material for making medals in the 2008 Olympic Games. Since then, after expert argumentation, on June 2, 65438+, it was decided to use Kunlun jade to make all the Olympic medals in Yuhuan.
Kunlun jade was discovered in the 1990s, and it has only been mined for more than 20 years. However, with its excellent quality and abundant reserves, it has established its extraordinary position among nephrite in China. However, it has been "hiding" in the shadow of Hetian jade, which belongs to nephrite and is produced on the northern slope of Kunlun Mountain. The latter is one of the "Five Famous Jade in China".
According to experts, Kunlun jade can "beat" Hetian jade, and the reasons for its success are as follows: it is basically the same as Hetian jade in material composition, occurrence, texture and structural characteristics; Large reserves and uniform quality; It has all the white jade, aquamarine and sapphire raw materials needed for Olympic medals, and there is no need to prepare materials.
The good news of being identified as "Olympic jade" has made Kunlun jade rapidly bullish in the jade market. Located in the hinterland of Qinghai Province, the jade trading market near Kunlun Road in Golmud City is becoming more and more lively. There, buyers and sellers bargain in the oldest way in Qinghai-putting their fingers into each other's cuffs. ...
Kunlun Mountain is one of the total skeletons of China Mountain System, with an average elevation of more than 4,500 meters. It is regarded as a sacred mountain by ancient myths in China, and it is also regarded as a fairy mountain where immortals live by China's "native" religious Taoism. Her name means "Zushan" in Tibetan. Yu Xufeng, the snow-capped mountain ice peak in the west of this mountain pass, is 6000 meters above sea level and is the birthplace of the Kunlun Sect of Taoism. The white jade used for the gold medal and the blue white jade used for the silver medal in the Beijing Olympic Games are both produced in the Sanchahe deep mountain jade mine in Yunv Mountain, not far from here.
"The color requirements for each kind of medal jade are very strict-it must be uniform, and any impurities will be removed." For example, Liu Shengchun, president of Qinghai Jewelry Industry Association and chairman of Qinghai Desheng Investment Group Co., Ltd., which controls Sanchahe jade mine, said that a volleyball team won the second place, and all the players' silver medals should be exactly the same color, so different shades will be ugly, which is' unequal'. "
In June 5438+10, 4 tons of high-quality Kunlun jade raw materials were transported to Yangzhou, Jiangsu, thousands of miles away, where Olympic medals were processed.