As a unique agate in China, the history of application of southern red has been quite long, from the Warring States period to the present, you can see a variety of southern red products on the market. The unique and oily quality attracts a lot of collectors, and there are also very many fine products made of Nanhong on the market, so what knowledge must be known when Nanhong gets started? Today Xiaobian will mainly introduce you to the ten blind spots that must be known to get started, hurry up and learn it!
1. Southern red does not refer to red onyx
Now many people on the market will call nanhong as red agate, so many newcomers will think that it is red agate, but this idea is very wrong. Although it is indeed a very unique agate, in fact, its nature is closer to jade, and there is a very big gap between it and ordinary red agate, mainly reflected from the following points.
First of all, on the texture, the southern red has a very strong gum texture, which is highly similar to most of the ground jade on the market today, so it is also called "red jade". At the same time, it has a certain degree of oiliness, and after people's long-term collection and play, it will become very oily, and the touch and appearance are very similar to jade. Red onyx, on the other hand, is closer to glassy, crisp and transparent, and completely oily.
Secondly, the difference in color, the color of the southern red is quite bright and bright, showing a pure blood red, especially the brocade red is the best quality in this category of agate, the color is the most vivid and unique, and the collection value is the largest. Although the red agate is similar to its color, there is a very large gap if you look closely, and it is completely inferior to the southern red from the perspective of color vividness.
Finally, there is the difference in structure, which is also the most fundamental difference between the two, as long as a flashlight or strong light irradiation can easily distinguish the two. When the southern red is illuminated by strong light, it will see a very obvious distribution of cinnabar points, and these cinnabar points are also the root of the southern red color, which is the existence of these cinnabar points, and the color of the southern red will be so bright and bright. The internal structure of red agate is completely different, and it does not have this feature when the light is illuminated.
2. The invisible cinnabar dot does not mean that it is not a southern red
As mentioned above, the southern red has a very obvious structural feature, that is, it will see evenly distributed cinnabar dots under strong light exposure. Then there must be some small whites who think that if the cinnabar dots cannot be seen in a piece of agate after the light is illuminated, then this piece of agate is definitely not a southern red, in fact, the answer is not like this. If the small partners find that the quality of a piece of agate is excellent, very similar to The Southern Red, but after the light hit, you can't see the internal cinnabar dots, don't be sad at this time, but you should play the spirit, maybe you have encountered a piece of the best.
Some of the best of the southern red can not see the cinnabar point, because when the cinnabar point is thinner and denser, it can no longer be seen by the naked eye, and it will only be expressed from the external color, so that most of the southern red color is extremely bright and beautiful. This variety is what we call "full cinnabar", which is very rare, and some people may not meet one in their lifetime.
3. The skin outside the southern red may be a symbol of fine products
Some of the outer skin of the southern red will have a very obvious skin, and some small white will think that this layer of skin affects the quality, but in fact, this layer of skin is called pulp, which is formed in the natural environment. If this layer of skin is formed in the natural environment, then it proves that the quality of this southern red is hard, and after a long period of tempering by nature, such a southern red belongs to the best. If this layer of skin is formed by human factors, then it means that this piece of southern red has a very long history, and it is also a fine product in the same category. Therefore, most of the southern red with skin is a fine product, but you xiaobai must pay attention to distinguish, some skin is deliberately artificially created by bad merchants, and you must judge more.