Is the orange stone I bought at the Taiwan Gem and Jade Appraisal Center expensive for 1,000?
There is no fixed price for gemstones. You can only tell whether it is worth it depending on the grade.
1: 5A grade, this is a grade distinction determined by the industry.
Grade AA: The entire orange stone is flawless, with no visible artificial flaws on the surface such as cracks, smooth and delicate like gemstones, finely drilled, and has a glass luster after polishing.
Grade A1: There are very slight flaws, or small natural inclusions, and cracks not exceeding 3 mm. Polished with a matte feel.
Grade A: There are slight flaws, and there are breakages that are easily visible to the naked eye.
AB level: There are large pieces of white, yellow, gray inclusions, and obvious cracks.
Grade B: There is a large area of mottled color throughout, a large number of cracks, and a sandy feel after polishing. .
C grade: The lowest grade, with obvious cracks and obvious impurities on the surface. It is as rough as a brick after polishing.
2: Orange stone cultivation, the classification used in bulk wholesale
Bean seeds: matte surface, sandy texture, weak effect.
Ink type: The surface has a gritty feel with more impurities
Ice type: The surface is smooth and clean like jade, without impurities.
Waxy type: The surface is smooth and clean. Gemstone, no impurities, as delicate as gems, rich in color like glutinous rice juice.
Still water dragon stone species: translucent like gemstones, extremely rare.
3: According to translucency, the term translucency itself does not mean transparency but brightness. The finer the texture, the brighter it will be after polishing. This is the national gemstone testing standard. The larger the number, the better the quality. Tangerine stones only use translucency when they reach the gem level, and the minimum gem level is 1 point of translucency.
How to clean orange stones
A brief introduction to the purification history of orange stones: Orange stones need to be purified once every 1 to 3 months. There is a reason why even those who are consecrated need to be purified regularly. The word purification is similar to degaussing in Latin, so it is also called degaussing. Many people often wonder why they need to be purified and why they need to be degaussed. This has scientific and theological basis. Purification was introduced into China from foreign countries after the reform and opening up. Because Taoism and Buddhism have a great influence on Chinese culture, feces and blood are considered very sacred. Those who know history will know that Chapter 2 of Zhang Jiao's "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Liu Xuande Spills Dog Blood in Battle" introduces the need to prepare pigs Dog blood and Tiangui blood (women’s menstrual blood). It is also introduced in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Zhang Jiao's witchcraft was broken by feces. In Tibet, distinguished guests came to celebrate by wiping bowls with cow dung and pouring wine. The nectar pills in Buddhism are made from men’s semen, women’s menstrual blood, and feces. Therefore, with the secularization of religion, many people in the Dharma-ending era understand that the dirtier they are, the more evil they will ward off. This is actually a misunderstanding of the profound meaning of Buddhism and Taoism, but this mistake also gave rise to the so-called long-term wearing of crystals and jade. In the cultural relics industry, this long-term wearing process is also called "Pan". It is believed that the longer it is, the better, and the longer it is, the more spiritual it is. Many people think that the color after "Pan" is darker, so they call this color "Baoguang". In fact, the darker color means Because dandruff tissue exists on the surface of an item for a long time, it will produce an acidification effect and appear dark in color. In fact, scientifically speaking, human dead skin tissue can breed fungi. If it is not washed for a long time, it is easy to get skin diseases and then evolve into skin cancer. In today's society, there are many people suffering from scabies, which is also due to the misconception that if they are not washed for a long time, it can ward off evil spirits and increase spirituality. Orange stones must be purified regularly, because the physical properties of orange stones dictate that acidic or alkaline cleaning agents cannot be used casually. Therefore, it is scientifically correct and safe to use neutral cleaning agents such as royal salt. Natural crystals and jade have cracks, but artificially processed fillings can react with royal salt, so they are abandoned commercially. In addition, because they are produced in Japan, many people who are blindly xenophobic hate them.