Hetian jade: Hetian jade is mainly distributed in shache-Tashkurgan, Hetian-Yutian, Qiemo County, and the northern slope of Kunlun Mountain, with a distance of 1.500 km, with 9 producing areas. Hetian jade is mainly tremolite-actinolite, and contains a small amount of diopside, serpentine, graphite, magnets and other minerals, forming white, turquoise, black, yellow and other different colors, mostly monochromatic jade, with a few variegated colors. Jade is translucent, greasy and shiny after polishing, and its hardness is between 5.5 and 6.5 degrees. Hetian jade is sandwiched between rocks at an altitude of 3500 meters to 5000 meters. After a long period of weathering, it was stripped into pieces of different sizes, collapsed on the hillside, and then washed by rain and flowed into the river. When the river dries up in autumn, the jade pieces collected in the river bed are called seed jade, and those mined in the rock stratum are called mountain materials. The economic value of Hetian jade is evaluated according to the purity of color and texture.

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Turquoise: The largest turquoise producers in the world are Iran, Chile and the United States. Followed by China, Australia, Mexico and Peru in the former Soviet Union. The main producing area of turquoise in China is Yunxian County, Hubei Province, including Yunxi County and Zhushan County. Turquoise is also produced in Shaanxi, Henan and Yunnan.

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Dushan jade: dushan jade, also known as "Nanyang Jade" or "Nanyu Jade", is produced in Dushan in the north of Nanyang City. There are also "monologues" for short Dushan jade is hard and dense, delicate and soft, with transparent luster and various colors. There are six kinds of pigments, including green, white, yellow, purple, red and white, and 77 kinds of colors, which are the first-class raw materials for jade carving. As early as 6,000 years ago, the ancients had mined dushan jade, and there were many dushan jade products in the jade unearthed from Muhao's tomb in Yinxu, Anyang. Dushan was called "Yushan" in the Western Han Dynasty.

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Xiuyan jade: xiuyan jade is a kind of nephrite, named after it is mainly produced in Liuliyan County, Liaoning Province. It belongs to serpentine. It is famous for being moist, crystal clear, delicate, firm, transparent and colorful, and has been valued and cherished by people since ancient times.

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Agate: The word agate comes from Buddhist scriptures and is named after its pattern color "color like agate". Agate is widely distributed in China, almost all provinces and regions. The main producing areas are Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Xinjiang and Jiangsu. Fuxin, Liaoning has the reputation of "the hometown of agate".

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Plum blossom jade: produced in Ruyang County, Henan Province, also known as "Ruzhou jade". After polishing, it presents beautiful plum blossom patterns or other patterns, hence the name. Jade is dense, with three colors: black, brown-red and gray-green. Black is the best, and colorful plum-blossom jade with red, green and white patterns on the black background is the best.

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Qinghai jade: produced in Qinghai, hence the name. Beautiful appearance, the color is white or light gray with green stripes, and the jade is delicate and translucent. Because its appearance is similar to jade, some unscrupulous businessmen regard it as jade.

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Lapis lazuli: Lapis lazuli is an aluminosilicate mineral containing sodium and calcium. The color is dark blue, sky blue or purple blue, and the jade is opaque, with glass luster and hardness of 5-6. Lapis lazuli is often made into Buddha statues, beads, snuff bottles, bottle protectors and ornaments on clocks and watches because of its solemn color, and the good colors are also used as ring faces. Lapis lazuli is the top grade, with bright color and pure quality, containing a small amount of pyrite and Venus.

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Hibiscus stone: Hibiscus stone, also known as "Rose Yingshi", "Rose Yingshi" and "Southern Hunan Jade", is a pink translucent to transparent seasonal block with glass luster or greasy luster and hardness of 7. China's hibiscus stone is produced in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other places, and high-quality hibiscus stone is produced in Brazil. Hibiscus stone is mainly used to carve necklaces, chicken hearts and trinkets. The color of hibiscus stone is better, and the darker the peach color, the better. For example, the light peach color close to white has low value.

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Ma Laiyu: Produced in Malaysia, it is a kind of quartzite dyed with green dye, with glass luster and hardness of 7. The appearance is green and the transparency is high. Malaysia is rich in raw materials and low in value, which is suitable for making some low-grade ornaments.

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Dongling stone: produced in India, it is a green chromite quartzite, slightly transparent-translucent. Emerald is very beautiful, and the green scales are scattered like stars. It is a high-quality variety of quartzite jade, which is mainly used to make beaded necklaces and other accessories.

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Mi language: produced in Mi County, Henan Province, hence the name. Also known as Henan jade. Translucent in color, with green in white, used as jade materials mostly for dyeing, mainly apple green and orange red, with green stunning as the best, mostly used for making jewelry or ornaments, belonging to low-grade jade materials.

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Guicui: It is produced in Guizhou, hence its name. Also known as Guizhou jade. The color is light green, with glass luster, but it is not pure and contains many impurities. It looks like inferior jade, belonging to low-grade jade.

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Beijing: It is produced in the suburbs of Beijing, hence its name. Fine texture, even pure white, smooth and shiny, and the jade carving made of it is crystal clear, which is a popular jade species.

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Wood turns into stone: it is named because it looks like wood. Jade is dense and hard. Hardness 7. There are yellow, tan, brownish purple, blue, turquoise, blue-gray and so on. Among them, yellow with cat's eye effect is called eagle eye stone, brown and blue are called zebra tiger eye stone, and eagle eye stone has the highest value. High-quality eagle eye stone, beautiful blue, mainly used to make bracelets, rings and so on. Tiger eye stone with cat's eye effect is mainly used to make bracelet beads and necklace beads, and there are also egg-shaped torus made of big raw materials, but because the cat's eye is relatively rigid, its value is not high.

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Lantian jade: Born in Lantian, hence the name. Lantian jade is one of the main famous jade in ancient times. Lantian jade has fine texture, hardness of about 4, and good processability. Its colors are mainly beige and apple green. Widely used in making jade pillows, fitness balls, tea sets, wine sets, etc. It is a popular low-grade jade material.

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Lingbi jade: produced in Lingbi County, Anhui Province, hence the name. It is one of the traditional famous jade in the history of China. There are many varieties, the most famous of which are Honganhui snail, Huianhui snail and Biyun stone. The hardness is 3-4, and the hardness is relatively low. After polishing, it is smooth and suitable for making handicrafts such as flowers, figures and animals.

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Baiyunyu: produced in Baiyunebo, Inner Mongolia, hence the name; Also known as Baiyun Oboyu, also known as Baiyun Oboyu. Fine texture and good processability. High-quality Baiyun jade shows gorgeous "golden thread" or "golden star" effect in gray-green lining, which is suitable for making stationery and other handicrafts such as inkstone and pen container.

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White crane taro: produced in Hefeng County, Hubei Province, also known as "Wuhuashi". Fine texture, beautiful patterns after processing, clear patterns, such as round, conical, long and so on. The colors are fruit green, milky white, rose red, etc. And made into handicrafts with high artistic value.

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Malachite: It is named after the emerald green that looks like peacock tail feathers. Glass luster, slightly transparent. It is a low-grade jade material with high quality, which can be used to make necklaces, ring faces, chicken hearts and other ornaments. But there are also a few with bright colors and strange structures, which are expensive and quite expensive.

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Wulan hammer: produced in Wulan County, Qinghai Province, named after its green color. Colors are grayish green, dark green and emerald green. Wulanchui with thick white background and green spots has higher value. Hardness 6-7, oily luster, slightly transparent to translucent. It is often used to process jade bracelets, rings, cabbages and other small ornaments. Because of its poor luster and poor processability, it belongs to low-grade jade material.

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