What color is salt agate to teach you to choose?
What color is the salt source agate?
1. Solid color material
The first-class salt agate is warm in color and natural in color transition, among which solid colors such as purple, fuchsia, purple powder and pink are the best. Usually, this kind of solid color egg noodles with excellent color is mainly used for carving flower themes and making egg noodles with rings or pendants.
2. Warp pigments
In addition to solid colors, the alternation and transition of every color on the salt source agate is the most beautiful masterpiece of nature. If you are a person who likes all kinds of styles, then this ever-changing warping color can satisfy you. The beauty of colored agate from Yanyuan lies in its soft transition and clear color separation. Do you feel that every floor is full of magical charm? Warping is very common in salt agate, but it is not easy to choose the best product from warping, which is like washing sand with big waves. It is necessary to observe the color separation characteristics more, and then consider whether it can be made into excellent original jade according to the material and location.
How to choose the color of salt source agate
There are many kinds of agates in Yanyuan, including yellow, green, red, black, blue and purple. The texture is delicate, and the moisture is the same as that of Nanhong. After a long time, it will become a beautiful patina.
In terms of color classification, we have made a most rigorous classification that we think is the best and relatively practical: from right to left, we rank the rarity and beauty of colors. It can be said that purple, pink, pink-purple warping, pink-green warping and purple-green warping are the most beautiful. Of course, it would be more beautiful if all the beads were solid colors.
Where is the origin of Yanyuan agate?
When it comes to salt source agate, we have to tell you about the place of salt source. Yanyuan County is located on the southeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the west bank of the lower reaches of Yalong River, and is under the jurisdiction of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the southwest of Shushan, west of Lugu Lake, the daughter country of love, and south of Panzhihua. It is the only place to go to the last undeveloped forest in Shangri-La.
Located between Meigu and Baoshan, two major producing areas in Nanhong, the climate is cool and pleasant all year round, in such a land of feng shui. The quality of colored agate produced here is not bad.
Reasons for the popularity of Yanyuan agate
First, jade is of high quality.
The salt source material with fine particles is oily and tough, which makes the material "stick to the knife" when cutting on the machine. This salt source is as delicate and moist as Hotan.
Second, the hardness is high.
Mohs hardness is between 7 and 8, and high hardness is very beneficial to jade carving, which ensures that the raw materials are not easy to crack when carving, so it is favored by many jade carvers.
Third, rich colors.
Yanyuan agate has many colors, such as yellow, green, red, black, blue and purple. Colorful colors make up for the single color of mainstream jade species.