Fang Youqun tiptoed towards the reef.
After he took a few steps, Xiang Yang finally discovered the lobster.
"Turns out it was hiding in the cracks of the rocks." Xiang Yang smiled slightly. It was just an ordinary rock lobster. Although it was relatively large and might weigh two or three pounds, Xiang Yang only glanced at it a few times and then was too lazy to pay attention to it anymore.
Xiang Yang walked a few steps along the beach.
The beach on this deserted island is somewhat different from the beach at Qinglongwan.
Although the Qinglongwan beach can be called a natural beach, it is no longer a pristine beach.
The beach on this deserted island is a truly pristine beach. In addition to the soft white sand, the beach is covered with snow-white shells everywhere. From time to time, you can see crabs quickly burrowing under the sand to hide themselves.
"Huh? What is this?" Xiang Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a flat blue object the size of a teacup lid.
This thing sparkles in the sun, emitting charming brilliance everywhere.
Xiang Yang only took one glance and was sure that this thing was definitely a gem.
The ocean, like the universe, is full of mysteries that fascinate people.
A calm sea level makes people feel peaceful, while turbulent waves make people feel excited!
Coupled with the azure color, countless people want to bring the ocean into their homes.
Of course, the ocean cannot be taken away.
At this time, various gems naturally born in the ocean came into people's view.
As the secret embodiment of nature, gems also embrace the ocean and are so beautiful that they take your breath away. Not only women of all ages cannot resist the temptation of gems, but even men are crazy about them.
"Is this a sapphire?" Xiang Yang walked over, picked up the blue gem with some fear, and held it in his hand to look at it carefully.
Xiang Yang doesn't know much about things like gems.
However, Xiang Yang knew that sapphire was extremely precious.
Sapphire is known as the soul of women. Sapphire, which is infused with the charm of the ocean, embodies the infinite mystery of women. Its elegant and noble temperament makes every woman exquisite.
For men, sapphire, which is closest to the color of the sea, has a pure sea and sky blue, represents a pure and flawless heart, and has the function of calming the mind. Looking at sapphire is like seeing the sea, which makes people feel relaxed and refreshed and full of energy.
Sea blue has always been the most noble color in Europe, symbolizing wealth and status. In the British royal family, there is a saying of royal blue. When the Queen attends formal occasions, sapphires are often seen. It combines nobility and purity into one. Owning a sapphire is like owning all the beauty in the world.
At this time, Chen Qingsheng came over from behind and asked, "Boss, what are you looking at?"
Xiang Yang glanced at Chen Qingsheng and realized that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he just said generously: "I found a gem, it's blue, I don't know if it's a sapphire."
"Sapphire?" Chen Qingsheng's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, "This thing is really valuable."
"Take a look." Xiang Yang handed the blue thing to Chen Qingsheng.
Chen Qingsheng took it and looked at it carefully. "That's not right, Captain. This thing is so transparent, how can it be sapphire? Even if it is not made of glass, it should be a synthetic gem."
Xiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "Do you think this could be tourmaline?"
"Tourmaline?" Chen Qingsheng was shocked. "No way, Boss, tourmaline is very rare, and blue tourmaline is an even rarer type of tourmaline. If this thing is really tourmaline, then you will be rich."
Xiang Yang smiled. Tourmaline is also divided into grades. Ordinary ones are only a few dozen yuan per gram. The higher-grade ones, if made into a string, only sell for a hundred thousand yuan. This piece can only be made into a string of beads at most. How can it make a fortune?"
Chen Qingsheng was stunned when he heard this, then he touched his head and said with a smile: "That's right, I always thought about the expensiveness of tourmaline and forgot how worthless you are, boss. If this thing is really tourmaline and an ordinary person picked it up, he might make a small fortune, but for you, boss, it's not even enough to go out to sea and cast a net casually."
Xiang Yang smiled. In fact, tourmaline is one of the cheaper ones among many precious minerals.
The mineralogical name of tourmaline is tourmaline, and its English name is tomela, which is derived from an ancient Sinhalese word meaning mixed gemstone.
In some historical documents of our country, it is also called tourmaline, Bixiaxi, Suixiejin and so on.
Tourmaline crystals are negative trigonal columnar crystals, and on the surface of the crystals there will be some very obvious parallel growth stripes along the extension direction of the columnar crystals.
When viewed in cross section, they appear as spherical triangles with lake surfaces.
Tourmaline, also known as the wish stone, has weak energy of its own and is an absorptive gem. Because tourmaline sounds a bit like "Bi Xie", it is often regarded as the main gem for warding off evil spirits.
There are also some legends about tourmaline. One thousand five hundred years ago, a Portuguese exploration team discovered a gem in Brazil that sparkled with colorful light, just like a rainbow shooting from the sky to the center of the earth. Ordinary stones bathed in the rainbow acquired all kinds of colors in the world along the way.
This gem with a rainbow hidden inside was later called tourmaline, or a rainbow that fell into the world.
Tourmaline, ruby, sapphire, aquamarine, tanzanite, emerald and other gemstones with natural colors are classified as colored gemstones. They are deeply loved by the public and have certain room for appreciation.
In my country, the word tourmaline first appeared in the Qing Dynasty. In some historical works after the Qing Dynasty, we can also find different names such as tourmaline, Bixiaxi, etc.
Legend has it that tourmaline was particularly loved by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Among the burial objects of Empress Dowager Cixi were many tourmalines, including some precious varieties. Among them was a lotus carved from tourmaline, weighing 36 taels and 8 qian, and a pillow made of tourmaline, which was worth 700,000 taels of silver at the time.
In modern times, not many people like this gem.
However, there are still many types of jewelry made of tourmaline, such as tourmaline bracelets, tourmaline rings, tourmaline pendants and so on.
In the duty-free shop at Hailan Airport, there is a jewelry counter that has been selling bracelets made of this kind of gemstone for a long time. The cheapest ones are two to three thousand yuan each, and the most expensive ones are over one hundred thousand yuan.
It is rumored that among the hundreds of rare treasures in the Palace Museum's Treasure House there is a huge pink tourmaline belt buckle, which is the finest tourmaline from the Qing Dynasty.
"This tourmaline is very transparent and large in size. Although its shape has some defects because it is flat, it looks very beautiful overall. The price should not be low." Chen Qingsheng said. (To be continued)