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Gem mining in Hualien

Gem mining in Hualien
January 23, 2009



Glittering eye, blue chalcedony - Hualien gem mining
Taiwan 39s Dazzling Gems and Jade
Text.Fig. Vincent Chang


Snakes, animals, and also known as, the majority of male and female allogeneic oviparous, ovoviviparous minority, when there are cold hibernation phenomenon, the distribution of the world. This is a snake in the dictionary on the interpretation, beyond the dictionary, it has a name - mine Earth.

This name is not lip service. Republic of China on Taiwan in the mining of gemstones, often see a snake head and spit out the letter, the miners have read, not only of non-refoulement, but also held their palms together, worship.

A few of the people worship the snake, although no formal statistics, but the large and small, add up to a total of spectrum in the millions. In this alarming figures, the reason behind is a more alarming figures - Taiwan Gem Mine reserves accounted for 45 percent all over the world.

Hualien County, according to a survey conducted by Tourism Association, Taiwan gem mining, processing and marketing practitioners with a population of over twenty of the 50,000 people processing more than 2000 precious stones. Also pointed out that the gem industry in downtown Taipei, 10 in each store there is a sale of precious stones.

Precious stones, in order to internationally accepted method of classification is the most precious minerals and gemstones. Among them, the hardness and the output is divided into expensive jewel and meeting stones levels. The former, such as high hardness and rare diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, etc. the latter is soft and the common nature of jade, agate, crystal, opal, garnet, and so on ... ...dozens.

In addition, there are times animal precious stones, such as coral, pearl, shell, ivory, etc. plant at gem category, there are common amber, black jade, sea and trees ... ... and so on man-made jewelry and metal accessories.

Taiwan39s rock land, what kind of hidden gem?

Gem Mine three

Taiwan Province of the study indicated that, in addition to the Bashi Channel Islands and the nearby coral produced, in the minerals and precious stones, the Taiwan region39s three largest known reserves of gem mining, namely Yu commonly known as Taiwan jade or emerald,pulp commonly known as Sapphire, Purple Chalcedony commonly known as purple gem, all of a total of 49 mines, mostly located in the vicinity of the eastern Hualien.

Taiwan Cuiyu recent average production of 1000 tonnes per year, accounting Wholesale jewelry for the world39s jade production first, ahead of an annual output of about 400 tonnes of Canada in second place.

On the reserves, Taiwan39s largest jade mine - Hualien shoufeng terms of papaya Quarry Hill Toyota, that is, up to 600,000 tonnes, only one place of reserves, more than half of the world39s known deposits .

Taiwan39s sub-general Yu Cuiyu, candle light and the eye-yu-yu three mines are symbiotic, composition is similar to. Of these, the most common output-yu candle light jade and less than a lower degree of transparency eye jade the most transparent, the structure was fibrous, Sato, the stones can be seen the middle of a white crystal, like a cat39s pupil. As a result of different refractive index of the section, but also appears to live and will transfer flicker. Jade Cat39s Eye is also a maximum value.

Found jade in Taiwan, there is a story of a long story.

Taiwan has eyes and did not know yu

Story from Taiwan about the asbestos mine. Taiwan jade that, more than 90 percent of possession in Hualien County, Toyota, Toyota mine is located in Hualien Citykilometers south, in the
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