Treasure Hunt Tycoon

Treasure King 575 author full metal cartridge case full text count 2372 words

In less than half an hour, a Toyota was overbearing. This Japanese car has a great market in Arizona. Although the safety factor is lower than that of the same series, it has fewer problems, less fuel consumption and easier maintenance. Arizona is very deserted, and the roads are often flat. Toyota is able to run high-handedly, and the space is large, which is suitable for such an environment. The boss, Irving, got out of the car with a big belly, and formally shook hands with Li Du, with a much more respectful attitude than before: "Li, glad to receive your call, please come to my store to talk. Besides, are you really kidding me?" Li Du beckoned with a smile, and Godzilla pushed hard and carried the safe out of the car. Da'ao came over and opened the safe. There were a bunch of small boxes inside. Open the boxes, all the bright gems. Its color is like fire, its light is gorgeous, and its beauty is incredible. It is Opal. Seeing these gems, Irving immediately moved: "God, you did it! Did you dig the Opal mine?" Li Du smiled: "Just luck." Irving's shop in Winslow is an old fashioned shop. Jewellery shop, the door is made of oak, looks old, and there are a few old kerosene lamps hanging on the door. Sophie said curiously: "We passed by here, but thought it was an antique shop." Irving laughed: "Actually this was an antique shop before. Starting with my dad, our business went too far. It ’s over to jewelry. ”Li Du ’s eyes have improved a lot. He looked at the kerosene chandeliers hanging under the eaves of the door and said,“ They are not props, but real antiques? ”When referring to these chandeliers, Irving's face was exposed. A proud smile, said, "Yes, man, you have to say, your vision is great." "These four chandelier are passed down by my ancestors, at least two hundred years old. This is the signature of our shop. "Sophie said in surprise:" Two hundred years? My God, Arizona was not the United States at that time. "Irving proudly said," When our family came to Winslow, it was still a wilderness, or even Arizona. The state is a big wilderness, and it has gradually developed here. "Compared with the quaint shops, the decoration is much more modern. The overall deployment of the store is a bit like a maze. The bulletproof glass counters are layer by layer, and you can see the counters when you walk around. The shop is small and the business is not small. There are six employees in it. The counters are full of gems and minerals of various colors. Each corner of the counter has a magnesium lamp, and the shining stones are shining and beautiful. Owen brought Li Du into the office. Godzilla and Dao both consciously stood on both sides of the door with their hands on their lower abdomen, expressionless and pretentious. Seeing them, a few people who chose jewelry in the store asked the waiter: "What is this gentleman's identity? It looks amazing." The waiters looked at each other, and they didn't know it. Li Du and Sophie sat down in the office, and Owen asked them what to drink first. After staying in the wilderness for two days, Li Du didn't want to drink a drink and asked for plain water. Sophie followed him obediently and asked for clear water. Irving was busy greeting them, and two other fifty or sixty-year-old Kampa masters came in to appraise the gems. Since its discovery in ancient Rome, Opal has been of high value. In the 1980s, when the monthly salary of Chinese people was less than 100 yuan, the price of top black opal per carat had already started at 450 US dollars, and it was as high as 7500 US dollars per carat. Of course, there is a premise here, and that is the top black opal. In recent years, the value of jewellery has risen further as the overall global situation is more peaceful. On average over the past 10 years, the appreciation of Opal has increased by about 10 times. The 50-carat Opal stone, which sold for 50,000 yuan around 2001, is now selling for about $ 250,000, equivalent to five per carat. Thousands of dollars. As the value of Opal continues to increase, but the output is gradually decreasing, there are some fakes on the market, such as patch opal and synthetic opal. The appraisers are here to do the work. Drinking water, Li Du asked: "Not many fake Opal?" Owen said: "Many, but not to deceive customers, but has become a new type of jewelry material, and many people cannot afford natural Opal. , Choose to buy artificial opal, because it is also beautiful. "Identification of the authenticity of Opal is very simple, much simpler than identification of diamonds, rubies and the like, businesses will not use this thing to fool customers. Therefore, at the time of purchase, the merchant will explain that it is a flat or synthetic opal. These opal are of low value, but they also lose the beauty of opal, which can attract many consumers. The two appraisers are quick to appraise, and each appraisal will write a review on a small card, instead of just saying true or false. Li Du didn't know much about Opal. He just took this opportunity to learn. He followed two appraisers and kept watching their evaluations and asking questions. Opal's hardness is not high ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ It is comparable to glass, has a glass to resin gloss, and is an crystalline state of an amorphous body. Appraisers use both physical and chemical identification methods, and physical identification uses a large-magnification magnifier. "Look, if you zoom in and check out, the natural opal color spots are irregular flakes, the borders are flat and fuzzy, and the surface has a silky appearance." "Look at this again, and see through the optical display mirror, natural opal There are special optical effects. This is the illusion effect. This is the cat's eye effect. "" The cat's eye effect is rare. Once it appears, it proves that the value of this opal is very high. It must be negotiated separately. " True or false, also graded gems. There are various schemes for the classification of opal grades. It is common to divide according to the number of body colors and color changes, what types of single color, three color, multicolor, colorful and so on. Among them, in general, the more the number of color changes, the greater the color change intensity, and the higher the value. In addition, the grading also takes into account other factors, such as embryo tone, brightness, pattern style, color layer thickness, defect conditions, and color changing games, etc., all of which play an important role in the evaluation of Opal. Li Du still underestimated this gem. He had never heard of it before in China, so he thought it was a niche thing and it was easy to learn related knowledge. In fact, this is not the case at all. He knows little about Opal, not because this gem is not well known, but because it has not opened up the Chinese market. Because of historical and cultural reasons, the Chinese prefer jade and jadeite, and other gemstones are difficult to open the market. But in other places, such as Europe, the United States, Japan, and even Hong Kong, Opal has a very high awareness and the market is relatively mature. Even half a century ago, the high-quality black opal found in Australia would not enter the civilian market at all, but was dedicated to the British royal family, nobles, or sold to top European and American wealthy magnates. Supplies.