In just a few years, the red coral, which has been playing a supporting role in the collection market, has soared in value and has once become a favorite collector's collection. The market is like this, what is red, the tree is big, followed by a variety of "Li ghosts" began to flood the market, so that we had to guard against.
First, the classification
Red coral is one of the gem-grade corals, red coral, white coral, blue coral belong to the calcareous coral. Black corals, golden corals belong to corals.
1. Top Red: AKA Red, the Chinese translation of "Aka", is typical of the grade standard of Taiwan Crimson Aka or Big Red Aka. Commonly known as "cow's blood red" coral.
2. Secondary red: Sardine red, named after the typical product of sardinian island in Italy. Is the Great Red Order. Commonly known as "pepper red" coral.
3, third class red: MOMO red, the color is second to Aka red, is the flesh peach or orange red color.
4, fourth class red: ANGEL SKIN red, usually called child face or angel face, etc., also known as "deep water" red.
5, five grades: for pink white, but also for deep water grade.
6, six grades: pure white, that is, ordinary coral fossils.
II. Comprehensive evaluation
1. Color: Red is the best in the inland and Taiwan regions, and the order of red mass is bright red, red, dark red, rose red, light rose red, orange red. In Europe, pink is the most popular.
2, texture: the texture is dense and tough, flawless is good, there are white spots, white heart is secondary. There are worms or worm eyes, porous, cracked people again.
3, blockiness: of course, the larger the more complete the better.
4, the construction method: remember a sentence: "good horse with good saddle, good work with good materials."
3. Know the truth
1, look at the growth texture: on the cross-section of red coral, the growth pattern will be like the annual ring, from small to large, relatively regular. Moreover, the growth pattern of each coral is unique, so that the authenticity of red coral can be identified.
2, look at the color transition: the color of red coral is from the inside out, the color transitions from the center of the column outward, the closer to the surface layer the darker the color, the inner layer the lighter the color.
3, see if there are flaws: red coral belongs to natural organic gemstones, more or less there will be some flaws, such as small white spots, coral worm eyes, etc., which is a normal phenomenon.
4. Distinguish between falsehoods
1, sea bamboo: the use of dyed sea bamboo to impersonate red coral is very common in the market, sea bamboo will have a very obvious longitudinal texture, and the texture is rough, uneven dyeing, cracks have stain residues, deep crack color.
Below is unstained sea bamboo
The next two are dyed sea bamboo
Below is the lid of a snuff bottle dyed with sea bamboo commonly found on the market (see its radioactive texture)
Beads made of dyed sea bamboo
The coral string made of sea bamboo under it is not very confusing
2. Filled and dyed corals: It is made of reef corals made of shallow sea with loose texture, filled with glue and dyed. Although the surface of this false coral is smooth, it is fragile and easy to fade.
The picture below shows grass coral beads
3, synthetic dyeing coral: is to grind a variety of shellfish into powder, plastic injection and dye into red coral, it does not have the natural texture of coral.
Below is coral shellfish
After dyeing (no texture)
4, jade imitation coral: is the dolomite and other stones dyed, this kind of false coral has no growth pattern, and easy to fade.
5, plastic products: counterfeit red coral with plastic products, no natural texture and luster.
Finally, I hope you can buy your favorite collection.
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