The mineral crystals of malachite are usually clustered or clustered, including cryptocrystalline stalactite, massive, shell-shaped, tuberculous, grape-shaped, kidney-shaped and fibrous aggregate. It has concentric ring and fiber radial structure, such as green, grass green, dark green and so on. Stripes are light green and often have stripes. Its luster is diamond, glass, silk or dark light, translucent to opaque.
The polished malachite will be diamond-shaped, dazzling, naturally forming colorful and varied artistic shapes, with wonderful charm, giving people abundant spring and good luck, evergreen all the year round, elegant and solemn, showing endless vitality.
Among them, emerald malachite with stalactites, feathers and other forms is very expensive.
We mainly evaluate the quality of malachite from three aspects: color, pattern and texture, and then the size of the block.
(1) color pattern: bright, peacock green is the best, and the pattern should be clear and beautiful.
(2) Texture: It requires compact structure, fine texture, no holes, high hardness and relative density.
(3) Single piece size: The larger the requirement, the better. However, malachite can be used as jewelry, jade carving and seal materials, and the price increases with the increase of weight, but the increase is not big.
Malachite grade:
According to the color, pattern, texture and other conditions, malachite can be divided into two grades: A and B.
Grade A: dark color, emerald green, dark green and sky blue, with stripes and concentric rings, compact structure, fine texture, high hardness and high relative density.
Grade B: It is light in color and emerald green, and usually consists of pink and green stripes and stripes, among which pink and white are soft and sunken, with high overall hardness and various changes.
Malachite is used as ornamental stone and craft appreciation, which requires bright colors, pure and uniform colors, clear ribbons, dense blocks and no holes, and the bigger the better.
Malachite opal needs a positive background color and a clear light band. Malachite can be used to carve chicken heart pendants, egg-shaped rings, necklaces and seal materials.
High-quality and colorful malachite, with perfect crystallization, concentric, patterned and bunchy radiation patterns are extremely beautiful, with green, dark green, pink green and sky blue bands interwoven inside.
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