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Chapter 777 Sapphire

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    Meng Zitao and He Wanyi walked into the room, a little surprised. Just now when the merchant lowered his head to organize his things, they thought he just dyed his hair yellow. Now when the merchant raised his head, they realized that this was actually a foreigner.

    However, Meng Zitao was not surprised when he arrived, because he knew beforehand that some foreign antique dealers had also formed a team to participate in the event.

    Generally speaking, these merchants from foreign countries will deal in a richer range of categories. For example, the table next to them is filled with all kinds of exquisite and exotic pottery pots, and there is also a bed full of beeswax crystals and other jewelry, as well as  There are all kinds of unique small works of art, it is hard to imagine that they are all concentrated in one room.

    But these things are put together like this, and their prices are not expensive, even very low. A buyer inquired about the price, and the price of an old beeswax pendant was actually higher than the price of new beeswax on the market.  At a lower level, Meng Zitao really doubted whether his ears had heard it wrong.

    ¡° Cheap and good-looking, for women, the lethality must be infinite, so He Wanyi entered the state of Taobao again.

    Meng Zitao also admired the various exotic crafts in the room. In addition to the ones mentioned above, the most distinctive ones are some gold jewelry. The workmanship of these jewelry is similar to the most famous ghost ball in our country's ivory carvings.  There are hollow balls layered inside one another, but the material is changed to gold.

    The shapes of these accessories are very beautiful and the creativity is very interesting. However, they are relatively expensive and may not be acceptable to ordinary people.

    Meng Zitao made a selection and chose a piece of gold jewelry that seemed to be old. When he asked about the price, the boss bargained with Meng Zitao in very broken Chinese and gestures, and finally settled the deal at a price that everyone could accept.  .

    After negotiating the price, the boss looked at Meng Zitao with a smile, waiting for him to pay. Meng Zitao pointed at He Wanyi and indicated that he would wait until she finished selecting. The boss smiled and said that it was no problem.

    The boss may have thought that Meng Zitao should be a high-quality customer. Seeing that Meng Zitao was a little idle, he said: "First Sir, do you want to look at something else? I also have some antiques from your country."

    Seeing that the other party was exhausted, Meng Zitao changed to fluent English: "Oh, please take it out and show it to me."

    Seeing that Meng Zitao was fluent in English, the boss was very happy. He finally didn¡¯t have to worry about the damn language barrier. He quickly dragged out a box from the corner of the bed and waved Meng Zitao over.

    Meng Zitao walked by and took a look and found that there were some carved ivory products inside: "Boss, I wonder what these are?"

    The boss said with a smile: "It's legal, it must be legal, otherwise you wouldn't let me bring it in from abroad, right? Look at this ivory, it's very short. It was cut by the owner himself, not poached."  .¡±

    Meng Zitao took a look and saw that the ivory product the boss held was indeed very short, probably less than ten centimeters.

    Generally speaking, the traditional practice is for elephant owners to cut off 10 centimeters of ivory every two years. In this way, the ivory has gaps and looks unsightly, making the elephant less likely to be hunted, and the elephant with its horns cut off will also  It is not easy to hurt other elephants and people.

    This is because ivory grows 2 inches (approximately 5.08 centimeters) per year.  There are nerves distributed from a certain position in the middle of the ivory to the root of the tooth. If 10 cm of the ivory is cut from this position to the tip of the tooth, the elephant will not feel pain.

    ¡°Some people may want to ask, if this is the case, why do people still hunt elephants?  The reason is actually very simple. Many people think that only a whole ivory looks good.  Since 13% of the tusks grow inside the skull, criminals brutally kill elephants in order to make higher profits, and then extract the entire ivory from the elephant's face for sale.

    When it comes to home, Mencius does not recognize whether this ivory product is from regular channels. It is based on the idea of ??killing without buying and selling. Such corner carving products, if it is modern crafts, he will definitely not take over.

    ¡°Boss, do I accept these things only if they are antiques?¡±

    "Oh." The boss smiled to express his understanding, and then pulled out something from underneath: "This should be an antique."

    Meng Zitao looked over and found that it was a scepter with a somewhat unique shape.

    After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he combined the titles of the three emperors and five emperors, which were the most respected names of gods and humans in ancient legends, into one, and gave himself the honorific title of "Emperor". "Emperor" became the title of the supreme ruler of my country's feudal countries in the past dynasties. , imperial power also became the supreme and unsurpassable power, which lasted in China for more than 2,000 years.  The scepter is a ritual tool used by the royal court to punish the royal relatives for violating national laws and regulations, and to represent the majesty of the royal authority.

    ThisLater, when I looked back, I saw Shu Ze and Sima Yuelan also carrying large and small bags.

    "It seems you have gained a lot."

    "Isn't it the same for you?"

    Everybody looked at each other and smiled.

    "Where are you going now?"

    "Let's go eat."

    "Then let's go together."

    "Wait until I call Uncle Wang and the others."

    Meng Zitao called Wang Zhixuan, and soon his father-in-law and son-in-law came with their hands full.

    ??We all took a car to the private restaurant. After ordering, we began to "review" our respective trophies. Of course, Meng Zitao was the top priority.

    Soon the waiter began to serve the dishes, and everyone stopped what they were doing. After having a sumptuous lunch, they continued to appreciate and comment on each item.

    "Hey, Zi Tao, your scepter is quite interesting. I've never seen the same type of scepter before."

    Shu Ze looked at the scepter with some curiosity, and then took out a magnifying glass to observe it, praising the carving of the scepter. However, when he saw a position on the head of the scepter, his hand suddenly stopped.  , and then his brows began to wrinkle.

    "What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Wang Zhixuan asked.

    "There seems to be a crack here." Shu Ze pointed at the head of the staff and said.

    Meng Zitao smiled and said, "I know this."

    "No way, I still bought it after knowing you." Cheng Qiheng was a little confused.

    It was Shu Ze who was the first to react: "Yes, you are a thief to death, what's the point of this?"

    Meng Zitao laughed, and after passing the scepter, he said: "You will know after a while."

    As he said that, he found some tools from the bag, and then started to deal with them. After a while, he actually opened the head of the stick, and saw something wrapped in cloth inside. When he opened it, he found that it was all the same color.  sapphire.

    "No, they are all Kashmir sapphires!" Shu Ze exclaimed in shock.

    As one of the three major colored gemstones in the world, sapphire has been admired and sought after by various cultures around the world since ancient times.  Among sapphires, the sapphires produced in the mysterious Kashmir mountains are regarded as priceless treasures.  The Kashmir region is located in the northernmost mountainous area at the junction of India, Pakistan and my country.  Here, the Himalayas, Karakoram Mountains and Hindu Kush Mountains converge in motion, producing endless impact and blending power.

    On the visible surface of the earth, spectacular landscapes such as rugged mountains and rocks, glaciers, lakes and waterfalls are formed.  More importantly, the movement of continental plates has resulted in high-temperature and high-pressure geological conditions where limestone is in direct contact with the invading pegmatite. In this rare silicon-free environment, Kashmir sapphire has the opportunity to be generated.

    The resulting sapphire is of legendary quality and has many of the characteristics that are synonymous with the finest sapphires.  Kashmir sapphires are particularly famous for their highly saturated deep blue to pure blue hues.  There are often extremely fine filamentous inclusions inside the gemstone, which can show a soft and silky velvet texture in the hard and strong metallic texture of sapphire.

    This kind of strong and soft blue color displayed in the top-grade Kashmir sapphire can make anyone who sees it in person feel deeply moved in their hearts.  At the same time, the filamentous inclusions will make its color more refined and beautiful. The most representative color of Kashmir sapphire is called "cornflower blue", which is synonymous with beauty and rarity.

    The Kashmir gemstone deposit was discovered after a landslide in the Zhaskar Mountains in the Himalayas in 1881. Due to the year-round snow caused by the extreme altitude, the harsh climate, and the turbulent political situation, the deposit was only discovered in 1881 and  It was mined intermittently between 1887, and the output of rough ore was very small.

    And it was completely mined in the 1920s, and no new deposits have been discovered since.  For this reason, Kashmir sapphires exist in very small quantities in the world today, and their high quality not only sets the quality standard for all sapphires, but has become almost a myth.

    It¡¯s no wonder that Shu Ze was so shocked when he saw so many high-quality Kashmir sapphires wrapped in the head of the staff.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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