A stone, sold for 2 million, someone risked death to break into Lop Nur just to "get rich overnight"
In our beautiful Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, Lop Nur is known as the "Ear of the Earth", and perhaps everyone's impression of it is still stuck in the beautiful desert oasis of the past. Today, because of the overexploitation and destruction of human beings, it has become a vast desert with no grass, and the danger coefficient in it is even more unpredictable to all of us.
But even so, since an incident occurred a few years ago, many people have risked their lives to enter Lop Nur again. Next, let Xiaobian take everyone to understand it!
Man dies for money, and birds die for food. No matter how many years have passed, this sentence is still the same. As early as a few years ago, there was news that Lop Nur contained precious stones worth millions of dollars, and a single small stone could sell for up to 2 million yuan, so more and more unscrupulous people entered Lop Nur and wanted to seek private interests, maybe they could "get rich overnight". So, what is the stone that can make so many people risk their lives and want to get?
Originally, Lop Nur was formed by the confluence of three rivers, and many precious gems often lie on the riverbed. Among them, because of the unique geographical landscape here, the rarest and most valuable stone is the opal. Because of years of natural weathering, opals have formed a variety of exquisite shapes.
The reason why it is expensive is because it is gelatinous, and it can be made into a very exquisite carved art, especially when it is carved into a pendant, which is even more breathtaking. Therefore, opal, which makes everyone flock to it, is really a rare raw material.
Not only that, if you are lucky enough to walk into Lop Nur again, you can see that many friends who come to it like to pick up the stones around it, and a large part of the people are not seeking that little money, but simply like to appreciate and want to collect themselves. For friends who are interested in Lop Nur, the editor suggests that you can also learn more about it from the documentary.