Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Bai Tang was also slightly surprised.
I heard An Xiangrong mention it before that his good friend is a doctor. Logically speaking, he shouldn't know much about jade. How could he say such confident words?
After thinking about it, Bai Tang thought that Xiao Yun should be a pure novice and thought that selecting seed materials was too simple.
The so-called seed material actually refers to a kind of egg-shaped secondary jade naturally formed from the mountain materials and mountain water materials that have been weathered and peeled off from the original ore, and after a long period of erosion and abrasion by ice, snow and mountain torrents.
In the rock formations, those that are mined manually are called "mountain materials." The quality of the mountain materials is not very good, and it is not easy to produce high-quality jade.
However, now in the market, regardless of the quality of the seed material, a piece of natural seed material is considered a rare resource.
Because, after years of mining, the reserves of seed materials have become less and less. Many river beds have been dug repeatedly and deeply, and now it is difficult to find any seeds.
Therefore, the cost and time required to mine seed materials are getting higher and higher. Even if a lot of machinery is used to increase the mining intensity, the output in one year is extremely limited.
As a result, new seed materials are naturally becoming less and less available, and more and more expensive, and the market price of seed materials is also constantly rising.
Under such circumstances, many people will use their crooked brains to artificially produce some "high imitation" goods to pass them off as inferior.
It is not an easy task to pick out a good seed material in such a complex market.
But judging from Xiao Yun's high interest, I guess he is also very interested in jade!
Thinking of this, Bai Tang smiled slightly and said to Xiao Yun: "Xiao Xiao, Master Xiao is a well-known master of jade appraisal in the circle. Since we have met by fate today, you can listen more and pay more attention when picking stones later.
look."
"If you can learn some identification skills, you will have more confidence if you want to buy stones in the future!"
Xiao Yun is An Xiangrong's good brother, and he is very polite to him, so Bai Tang has a good impression of him. He said this out of good intentions and wanted to remind him that he can learn some tricks from Xiao Dahai.
Will use it later.
However.
Before Xiao Yun could speak, Xiao Dahai suddenly laughed and said: "Bai Tang, this skill of looking at rocks is my ability to eat. You don't think you can learn it just by standing by and looking at cats and dogs?"
?”
Although Xiao Dahai still had a smile on his face, the look in his eyes was full of contempt and ridicule.
"this……"
Lin Xueer had already introduced Xiao Yun as her boyfriend just now, and even said that she would not look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face, but Xiao Dahai actually said such words in front of her.
Bai Tang obviously didn't expect him to say this, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment, so he had to smile and smooth things over.
"Haha, we are all people who are interested in jade. Of course we want to learn some basic skills from Master Xiao. But if it is inconvenient, when we look at the stones later, you can give us a few words to help us.
Just lose a little bit."
Bai Tang originally planned to ask Xiao Dahai to help pick out a good piece of seed material to make jewelry, but looking at his attitude just now, he knew that this guy was a snobbery, and he would only pick and shoot for Lin Xueer.
Flattery.
So now she didn't expect the other party to help, she just settled for the next best thing, hoping to use Lin Xueer's face to give him some advice.
Xiao Dahai said "Hmm" from his nostrils and said very perfunctorily: "Let me see the stones for Miss Lin first."
After saying that, as if he remembered something, he quickly turned around and smiled at Lin Xueer: "Ms. Lin, I wonder if you want to choose jade seed material? Or jade wool?"
Lin Xueer raised her eyebrows, obviously very amused by his two faces, and said perfunctorily: "Let's wait until Miss Bai has chosen."
Xiao Dahai's face froze, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes, yes, it is a blessing for Baitang to have a friend like you, Miss Lin!" Xiao Dahai said with a dry smile, then quickly turned around and led a few people towards the rough stone stall.
"Huh, I'm just a guy who helps people look at rocks. What's so great about him? He looks down on people!" An Xiangrong glared at Xiao Dahai's back and said angrily.
Just now, Xiao Dahai's attitude towards Bai Tang and Lin Xueer was like changing faces in a Sichuan opera. He turned around and changed his face.
He was extremely flattering to Lin Xueer, but he was so arrogant towards Bai Tang, disgusting!
Before coming, Bai Tang had greeted him in advance, saying that Xiao Dahai was very capable but had a bad temper. He must not offend him today, otherwise it would be even harder to get along in the jewelry circle in the future.
If it weren't for the fact that Bai Tang's current store was in dire straits, he would have choked back just now.
Looking at An Xiangrong's angry eyes, Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. To be able to make such an honest person like An Xiangrong so angry, Xiao Dahai is quite capable.
"Brother An, don't be angry. Why do you care about this kind of person? It doesn't matter if he doesn't bother to talk to us. If he just keeps his ears clean, it won't affect us in picking our own stones."
Seeing An Xiangrong holding his breath and blushing, Lin Xueer blinked and smiled at Bai Tang: "Sister-in-law, what kind of seed material do you want to choose? I'll let Xiao Dahai choose a piece later.
come out."
Hearing this, Bai Tang glanced at Lin Xueer gratefully, and at the same time, a hint of loneliness flashed in his heart.
Unexpectedly, now that she asked for help, she had to rely on other people's reputation to get it, alas...
Putting away his emotions, Bai Tang nodded slightly and said, "I want to buy a piece of bison ditch material."
An Xiangrong didn't understand jade at all, so he blurted out: "Bison ditch material? What is that?"
"Yuniugou material is a representative of Qinghai materials. This material has good waxiness and is opaque. It looks like oiled rice cakes. It is soft and waxy and is very suitable for making a set of jewelry for women.
"
After hearing Bai Tang's explanation, Xiao Yun nodded approvingly.
Yiniugou is the name of a place in Qinghai. The high-quality white jade produced here is often called "sugar-wrapped white", which is what Bai Tang calls Yiniugou material.
This kind of material is considered a mountain material, but it is the easiest to produce the best quality among the mountain materials.
Its color is not as white as the common white jade, but a milky white, like cheese, very mild, and it even looks like it smells like milk.
The jade made of bisongou material is delicate and moist, which is generally said to be oily and has high hardness. It is very difficult to cut and carve. If you pick a good piece of material and make a set of jewelry, it will be very amazing.
However, there is also a problem with bison ditch material, that is, its appearance is generally covered with a very thick layer of pulp. Most of the time, it is impossible to see whether there is jade inside just by looking at it, let alone
Let’s go and identify the quality of the jade.
Therefore, buying bison gou material is like cutting jadeite rough, which is a great gamble. Many people in the circle dream of owning a good piece of bison gou white jade.