Kong Ke Zhu
Kong Ke Zhu is produced from the Queen Phoenix Snail
Kong Kezhu is very, very rare, producing only one in every 50,000 conchs, mainly from the Caribbean Sea, and the global production is less than 500 per year. After it was first discovered, most of it was used in the jewelry of the royal nobility, especially the queen, so this is also the origin of the queen phoenix snail.
Kong Kezhu is characterized by a particularly obvious flame pattern, and is pink, can not be sought, can not be artificially cultivated, of course, the price is also not cheap, according to market research, a gram is about 280,000 yuan or so. The bigger the product, the better, the more expensive the price, in the high-end jewelry store, you can see Kong Kezhu's beautiful posture. Kong Kezhu is not common, and there are many fakes, so don't be crazy and obsessed. Be careful when choosing your beloved baby, but you also need to reserve some professional knowledge.
Merlot beads
The English name of Melody Pearl is melo, which means melon
Cute little melon snail, Merlot beads are in her stomach Oh
The pearls produced by the melon snail are called Merlot beads, the color of the Merlot beads is particularly beautiful, and the color is mainly orange-red, if the color reaches the mature color of the papaya, it will be valuable. This top yellow, especially rare, is called the Flame Bead, also known as the Dragon Ball, and it is said that the dragon's front paws are clutching the Merlot Bead. At an auction in Hong Kong in 2003, a 104-carat Merlot bead was sold for as much as $2.7 million, or about 17 million yuan, or 850,000 yuan per gram.
Merlot beads are very rare. The interior has a flame-like structure like a flame, and the exterior is crystalline porcelain-like. As rare royal jewelry, merlot beads are valuable. At present, there are only about 200 pearls in the world, mainly from the royal treasures of vietnam's last dynasty, the Nguyen Dynasty.