Rain-flower pebbles, through hundreds of millions years time-space
- Rain-flower pebble
- Produced in the gravel layer of the Yuhuatai Formation ,at the forming process by dash against, its debris deposited, after the geology changed, moved by river water and washed by river sand, become to small and smooth pebble.
- Its high end produce include agate, opal, chalcedony, crystal and so on. Because its transparent texture, gorgeous streak and polytropic color, so it , known as the "Queen of stones".
- The low end variety mainly applies to the road surface, the wall surface lays down the decoration, the power plant, the water works filters, has black and white, yellow, red, green etc.. At taostone.com, is called "garden pebble".
- Rain-flower agate
- Rain-flower agate, has adipose or waxy luster, assumes transparent or the translucent shape, the fracture assumes conchoidal. Degree of hardness touches 7- 7.5, quality of material hard wear-resisting, its type are very many, includes according to the structure formal taxonomy:
- Onyx. Is one kind has the plane layered, has the black and white pattern constitution the agate.
- Silk agates. Is one kind of textile fiber, the strip belt-shaped or the concentric banded agate, the shape like spun silk brocade, some patterns are composed by each kind of color. Also calls "the banded agate".
- Sardonyx. Is one kind of red white thin raw white silk alternates with just like entangles the filiform agate. Stripe or width like belt, or thin like silk. In the world jewelry custom, the sardonyx reputation is "stone of the happiness", decides as in August to be born the stone. Because the sardonyx just like the tenderness and gentleness feelings, thus was considered is the lover relies on one another, the husbands and wives love, the harmonious happiness symbol.
- Moss grain agate. One kind contains the liver moss grain shape, arborization inclusions of agate. Also is called as " a cypress agate ".
- Fog agate.One kind of stripe fuzzily becomes the fog shape the agate.
- Descendants agate. In the agate interior the agate which forms by two issue of mineralization. The first issue forms agate color, pattern which forms with the second issue, obviously is different.
- Torch agate. Is refers to the stripe structure shape is the torch shape agate, the torch stripe may be composed by each kind of color.
- Hemp mushroom agate. Is refers to the agate interior stripe the structure shape as if hemp mushroom, the stripe is composed by each kind of different color, thick thin is different.
- Zygote agate. Black and white alternates with called the zygote the agate, the black and white mix calls the black colored agate.
- Water gallbladder agate. In the agate spatially includes the water, brave juicy is the valuable thing, transparently goes past is better.
- Firewood shape agate. The agate stripe thick thin is different, to arrange is uneven, wrong is completed the firewood shape geometric pattern.
Based on agate color, texture change, differ in thousands of ways, but also may branch out many kinds, therefore has " Thousands type agates " Said.
- Rain-flower opal
- The opal is one kind contains water the silicon dioxide, the water content is ordinary about 5%, higher can reach to 20%, majority of is the absorbed water and the interstitial water.
- The opal divides the expensive protein and the ordinary protein. The expensive protein in the gemology called Ou Boshi, with variable color effects; effects more intense, is more precious.
- The common opal does not have variable color effects, but sets at into in the water, brilliance gentle, color gorgeous, excessively color even, the quality of material is exquisite, few also constitutes the image, extremely rich esthetic sense, thus, deeply collection favour.
- In the Rain-flower pebble, which are many is the common opal.
- Rain-flower crystal
- Most crystals show a columnar DRUSE, the crystal containing impurities, such as iron, manganese, antimony and other metal ions and free silicon, can shown the different color.
- In the Rain-flower pebble, after nearly all is rubbed the circle to deposit to gravel layer the center scrap vitreous body, are many rock crystal, also has the citrine, sends the crystal, the long neckhair crystal, the amethyst.
- Rain-flower chalcedony
- The chalcedony, belongs to the aphanitic quartz. Assumes the textile fiber emulsion, grape-like blocks, waxy gloss. Slow-transparent, assumes the cream color. If includes the pigment ion, can have each kind of color. Highly impure chalcedony called "the jasper", is one kind includes the impurity not opaque aphanitic quartz. The jasper because of contains the ferric oxide to assume red and the sorrel, contains other impurities to assume the green, the dark blue or the black. The chalcedony or the jasper, in the Rain-flower pebble the content many. Because its color is rich, some also may form the image, has watches the value to collect.
