From east to west
There is a touch of pure blue.
Left a deep impression on history.
The main component of turquoise is hydrated copper aluminum phosphate.
It's a semi-precious stone. It's been used for a long time.
The main producing areas are China, Iranian, Egyptian and American.
The distribution of origin is not as common as agate.
However, its deposits are generally shallow and easy to find and mine.
Whether in the east or in the west, it has been used since prehistoric times.
Easy to find and open is the main reason.
Turquoise has different names in different historical stages.
For example, in the Han Dynasty, it was called Liuli Bi or Se Se.
Westerners who called Xunzi Hui in Yuan Dynasty also called it Turkey Stone.
This is because the best turquoise enters Europe through Turkey.
Just like jadeite from Myanmar, China people call Yunnan jadeite a truth.
The name turquoise is uncertain when it came into being.
At present, the earliest record in the literature is in Yongzheng period.
Among the costumes worn by the emperor at the ceremony recorded in the "Qinghui Hall",
Wear turquoise when offering sacrifices to the moon at the moon altar.
From then on, it can be seen in all texts.
Under the historical background
We find that this kind of blue shuttles through history.
Let's look at three periods.
First, turn your eyes to the Tang Dynasty in 1300.
At this time, it has not yet reached the turning point of the Anshi Rebellion.
There are Li Bai, Wang Wei and Du Fu.
When you are blinded by the prosperity in front of you
A poet named Wang Zhihuan climbed the mirage and wrote.
But you expanded your horizons by 300 miles? Walk up a flight of stairs
This is really the weather in Datang.
The weather of the Tang Dynasty is not only reflected in poetry.
At the same time, Xu Li's daughters can also prove this.
200 1 Xi Andong suburb
Unearthed in the new campus of Xi University of Technology
Li Xuzong's Crown Skirt and Waist Ornament
Crown decorative skirt waist is mainly turquoise with pearl amber.
Exquisite workmanship and extreme luxury.
The turquoise above is mainly traded with other countries.
Approaching China through the Silk Road is also a witness of history.
From the great sublime to the absurd.
In the meantime, I was only one step away from saying this sentence.
French emperor Napoleon
The Senate passed a resolution declaring Napoleon? Bonaparte family
For the French emperor,
In the same year, his wife Josephine was crowned Queen of France.
The great emperor loved his wife very much.
Josephine likes sparkling jewels and fine clothes.
In order to cater to her taste, Nito specially designed and made it for her.
A series of bold and sexy jewels
Show the charm of mature women
Among them is a turquoise crown.
Rose-cut diamonds are like a big rock candy.
Surrounded by blue turquoise, it seems to be in the clouds.
This crown is a testimony to their feelings.
I don't know if I'm a dream guest.
Time flies to the twentieth century.
Hubei turquoise
A large number of exports to Europe and America.
In exchange for foreign exchange reserves
Products are the east understood from the western perspective.
Very interesting
Now this pure blue is still the darling of the jewelry industry.
Tiffany Van Cleef & Arpels, Shangmei and other major brands.
Still continues its beauty.
However, if you like more people, you must apply for fakes.
The earliest turquoise counterfeiting was invented by Germans in 1957.
The composition is a mixture of copper phosphate, aluminum hydroxide and iron.
More advanced is 1972 gilson synthetic turquoise.
These are generally nothing.
The most annoying thing is that the turquoise with poor quality is soaked in oil and wax.
Heating allows oil wax to enter pores, which not only deepens the color
And the surface smoothness is also increased.
After this treatment, the sample began to feel beautiful.
But after a long time, cracking or pollution will occur.
And the new product is not easy to be noticed by the naked eye.
In an abnormal way.
When testing, touch the hidden place of the sample with a hot needle tip to see the melted wax oil.
But it is not a long-term solution after all.
More is to see more and learn more.