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Red bamboo stone is rare and precious, and it is a famous geomantic stone. It is in great demand, so there are many imitations today. According to different counterfeiting situations, the identification methods are introduced respectively. Agate imitates red bamboo stone widely, because the cost of agate is very low, only 15 yuan per catty of red agate.

Key points of identification of agate imitation

1: Red agate is translucent, but the real red bamboo stone is not translucent at all. It has been described in ancient times that the color of red bamboo stone is like boiled cinnabar, with a little gray and black.

2. Red agate has the same luster as glass after polishing, while red bamboo stone has irregular black lines or translucent white and yellow lines because it is a variety of minerals that conform to crystallization, which was called gold wire in ancient times. The ancient Japanese royal family liked red bamboo stone, because the gold thread of red bamboo stone was as natural and beautiful as that of the five famous porcelain in ancient China.

3. Red agate has layers of growth lines, which grow like water ripples. But red bamboo stone has no growth line. The picture below shows a bowl made of red agate. You can see that there are layers of growth lines like water ripples, which is the characteristic of agate.

Identification of imitation chalcedony

1: Although the red chalcedony has no growth line and its color has been polished, the red chalcedony has no gold and iron line of red bamboo stone. Moreover, red bamboo stone is the product of compound crystallization of various minerals, so there are white, yellow, black and purple spots in it, and the spots are as small as pinholes. Moreover, when these colors are mixed together, there will be irregular color changes, which is not found in carnelian.

2. White spots or white lines are common in red bamboo stone, because the hardness is not as high as that around it, so it often sinks to the bottom. There is no carnelian in this feature.

Identification of imitation of dyed grass coral

Dyeing grass coral is also a common forgery method, because some people regard grass coral as red bamboo stone after restoring the physical map on the Internet, and the identification method is that grass coral can easily scrape off the beads of grass coral with a knife, and there is no iron wire or Venus on grass coral.

For the average buyer, it is the best way to ask if there is a certificate.

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