Galactic Garbage Station

“Oh, my God, am I wrong?” Tang Hao was first attracted to the red crystal stone and his eyes almost stared out.

“I'll take a closer look.” Wu Lao was even more excited. He immediately took out tools such as magnifying glass and carefully checked it. The more he looked, the more shocked he was. By the end of the day, his chin was falling to the ground and his hands were shaking slightly.

“Old Wu, is this really pigeon blood?” Tang Hao asked excitedly.

“Yes, this is pigeon blood red, or the finest, most flawless pigeon blood red. Oh, my God, how much does this guy have to weigh, at least 50 carats, and it shouldn't be more than that, how is that possible?” When Wu Lao came here, he was actually prepared psychologically, because he had heard a lot about Su Jin Bao, but now he is still irritated by incessant speech.

“I guess I'm not mistaken.” Su Xiao smiled lightly.

“Su... Mr. Su, since you recognize this gem, it's too calm, right?” Tang Hao and Wu Lao are simply unacceptable.

Rubies, as you all know, are the most intense and beautiful of these colors, known as pigeon blood red. What can truly be described as pigeon-blooded ruby production is small and pricey, mostly from Myanmar, and the sheen of cut is comparable to the shine of diamonds.

There are always many merchants on the market who claim that the rubies they sell are pigeon blood red. In fact, the definition of pigeon blood red is very strict. There are almost strict rules for its color, purity, tone and color saturation. At present, the international market price for small pellets of pigeon blood red is about $20,000 a carat, and it is almost impossible to find them in an ordinary store or channel.

The 2011 Sotheby's Auction Center featured two of the finest ruby mines - the top rubies in the Valley. Of these, 27.67 carat natural Burmese ruby set diamond rings were valued at HK $12 million to HK $20 million to auction the largest gemstone-grade "Pigeon Blood” rag natural rubies in history. The most famous pigeon blood red is "Carmen Lucia”, born in Myanmar in the 1930s, after more than 70 loads of drifting, and housed by the National Museum of Natural History of the United States, it weighs 23.1 carats, only the museum itself knows about the purchase price geometry.

And the pigeon's blood red, color, transparency, etc. is even more beautiful than those, and weighs more than 50 carats. No wonder Tang Hao and Wu Lao were so shocked that they were presumably stunned when any jewellery practitioner saw them.

“Mr. Sue, is there an electronic scale here?” Old Wu asked.

“Yes,” Su Qian said, taking an electronic weighing out. Wu Lao weighed carefully, the data showed 12 grams, converted to 60 carats, Wu Lao's footsteps slightly swayed, almost fainted.

“Mr. Su, this gem...” Tang Hao was very excited, but halfway through, it stopped. He subconsciously wanted to ask Su Jun to transfer the stone to Down's jewelry store, but thinking about it, Nima couldn't afford it. This stone is a priceless treasure in itself. Rich people usually refuse to sell it at all. Even if Su Jiankan sells it, they won't be able to afford it. It hurts too much to take it down.

“Oh, take a look at the other two.” Su Zheng refers to two bigger sapphires.

Tang Hao was also overstimulated by this ruby. At this time, he thought of the other two pieces. He looked down and was shocked again. Old Wu also shifted his attention to the two sapphires and looked at them again.

They start by measuring the sapphire from just above, only on the top of the convex sapphire, with a six-star light, very pretty. Slightly spinning and shaking your fingers, the star line above actually moves flexibly.

“Oh, my God, this is the ultimate starlight sapphire.” Wu Lao shocked.

“No flaws, no transparency, perfect starlight, flexible, bright, and still so big, this is the first time I've seen such an incredible sapphire of starlight.” Tang Hao was equally excited.

“So it's called a starlight sapphire. How do you identify it?” Su Zheng asked if he understood the sapphire. He had also accidentally heard of the starlight sapphire, but he didn't really know what was going on.

“Simply put, a sapphire that produces starlight. The reason is that the gemstones contain silkworm wrappers (in the plane of the vertical Z-axis, the dissolved directionally arranged needle-like ruby is arranged at a 60 ° angle to each other. When cutting it into arc-shaped gemstones, the arc surface should be perpendicular to the specific direction of the sapphire crystal (c-axis) in order for the six-shot starlight centered at the intersection to occur, occasionally visible in the form of a two-star light phenomenon; otherwise, the cutting bias will cause the starlight to become distorted because it cannot be centered.” Wu Lao spoke very quickly and stopped talking and continued.

“The gemstone world is judging starlight strictly, such as whether the intersection of the six stars of the gemstone is in the center of the gemstone? Are the stars intact and bright? Will the starlight also move flexibly as the light and fingers rotate? The more positive the answer, the more valuable the stone will be. The brightly colored red red and blue starlight gems are the most valuable and are very valuable if the starlight meets the above criteria and is transparent. Your two starlight sapphires obviously fit perfectly… not to say exceeded standards. ”

“weigh multiple weights.” Tang Hao said, putting the two starlight sapphires on the electronic scale and weighing the same weight, it was 15 grams, which in turn was 75 carats.

“Fine, fine.” Tang Hao and Wu Lao are a little relieved, the weight is not too exciting. The "Star of India”, now hidden in the Museum of History of New York, is perfect, flawless, a rare treasure, weighing 563 carats, and much more. There is no doubt, however, that this pair of 75-carat, more perfect sapphire starlight is definitely worth it.

“Wait, I missed something.” Wu Lao suddenly moved his expression and pulled out a few small flashlights from his bag. When he turned on the yellow light, the sapphire changed color and appeared purple. When it was replaced by ultraviolet light, it turned red. Wu Lao is freaking out again, “Oh, my God, this is not a plain starlight sapphire, it's a discolored starlight sapphire. ”

Colour-changing sapphires make up very little of the family of starlight sapphires, about a thousandth of the time, generally weighing no more than 3 carats, and exceeding 5 carats is extremely rare, and exceeding 10 carats is God's gift.

In September 2013, a 67.98-carat starlight sapphire, designed and polished by the famous master gemstone design-cutter, famous gemstone collector and inventor of Chinese diatomic mud, Mr. Xu Lianfu, was launched after three months. This stone is the largest discolored starlight sapphire ever identified by GRS and is named "The Purple Blue Star”. When it comes out, it shocks the world.

And the two pairs of starlight sapphires, which weigh exactly 75 carats, are also color-changing starlight sapphires. Tang Hao and Wu Lao both had accelerating heartbeats, rising blood and dizziness.