How to choose salt agate-texture-
Yanyuan agate is the brother variety of South Red Agate. Although it has not been discovered for a long time, it is bright in color and warm in texture, which has attracted the attention and love of sculptors and jade lovers all over the world.
Yanyuan County is located between Meigu and Baoshan, two major producing areas in Nanhong, with a cool and pleasant climate all year round. Being in such a land of geomantic omen, the quality of colored agate produced will naturally not be bad.
-Color-
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.
Because of its hard texture, good toughness, difficult cracking in carving, strong and natural glue texture, it is very suitable for carving. Rich colors can stimulate the creative inspiration of sculptors.
In terms of color classification, it can be said that purple, pink, pink-purple warping, pink-green warping and purple-green warping are the most beautiful.
There are many cracks, many impurities and few finished products. At present, the price of Yanyuan agate has started to rise. The price of ordinary bracelets has reached thousands of dollars, and some with better color matching and larger bead diameter can be sold for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
The colorful color of salt source materials is one of the factors leading to its high price. In addition, the output of salt source agate is limited, the original stone is cracked, and the output is very low, so the price is firm.
It can be seen that there is still room for appreciation of fine salt source carvings, which is a good choice for collection investment.
In recent years, with the increasing popularity of Nanhong agate, Yanyuan agate and Liangshan Nanhong agate have the same texture but different colors.
Under the creation of jade carvers and bead jade processors, a number of amazing jade carving works and bead string ornaments are presented, which are deeply loved by jade carving artists and jade Tibetan players.
At present, the price of raw materials of salt source agate with good color and quality is not inferior to that of Nanhong raw materials, and the price of finished products with clever conception and excellent carving is rising all the way.
The distribution range is much smaller than that of South Red Agate. Judging from the current mining situation, the reserves are very small, and the strict control of the local government has also caused the scarcity of high-quality salt agate in the market.