In 2018, the advent of Baoshan Hewan Ice Red Material injected new vitality into Baoshan Nanhong. In just half a year, Bing Hongliu quickly became popular in the South Red Circle. As we all know, Baoshan material has a delicate texture, pure color, strong gelatinous texture, but is cracked.
However, the ice red material does not have the problem of multiple cracks in the mountain at all, and it is beautiful to be transparent, lustrous and smooth, and the ice degree is excellent!Its texture is not lost to gemstones at all, and it is known as the superior "ice red", and it is born with the texture of ice jadeite. This makes Bing Red not only popular in the South Red Circle, but also a leap into the jewelry circle!Ice red rings became fashionable icons.
The craze of ice red material has not passed, and a new material has appeared in the southern red world - ice purple material. Compared with the purity of Baoshan material, the water penetration of ice purple material is more amazing!Its color looks very luxurious and cold!It is said that it is produced only in Baoshan, Yunnan. Recently, there is a kind of southern red on the market, which not only does not want "meat", but also the more transparent the better, the more purple the more expensive!Doesn't that sound amazing?I also reacted this way when I first heard about it, so let's take a look at it today!That's it, doesn't it look like it's Nanhong?
It's unbelievable to have such material in front of your eyes!Is this Southern Red Agate?Isn't it purple agate?Kid me!But ice purple material does belong to the category of agate. The purple color of the ice purple material is more intense, and the natural purple agate is slightly lighter, not as thick as the ice purple. Good ice purple material is similar to ice red material, the ice degree is excellent, but the attributes of agate have the texture of gemstones. There is also fluorescence in certain light.
Someone said, can the purple one still be called Nanhong?Whether Baoshan ice purple material can be included in the category of Nanhong is a controversial issue in the market. What exactly is Ice Purple Material?The ice purple material is produced in Baoshan Puyi, and it is mined together with Nanhong. The block is similar to the ice red material, the block is smaller, the hardness and moistness are not bad, and there are generally many rings. Moreover, the ice purple material has a waxy texture on the hand, and compared with the natural southern red agate from which it is produced, it feels sticky. However, the overall output of ice purple agate is small, and the good material with high quality color is even rarer, and it is not low.
So what is the ice purple agate that can be seen everywhere on the market, everyone should be able to figure it out!There are also some colors that are too bright, known as "Baoshan Ice Purple", but in fact they are not ice purple agate, but varieties that have been optimized or passed off as Brazilian purple agate.
So is the ice purple material worth buying?When you encounter high-quality ice purple agate, it is worth starting, after all, the color, quality, and texture are very good. But as an emerging niche variety in the market, the future development still depends on whether the public recognition is high, time will verify, wait for friends!
But if you are not familiar with the ice purple material, do not easily buy the ice purple material in the market ** so as not to be deceived!If you really like purple gemstones, you might as well consider Shu Julai, purple fei, purple dragon crystal, amethyst, purple spodumene, purple chalcedony and so on!Finally, what do you think of Ice Purple Agate?It subverts everyone's selection criteria for the Nanhong tradition, if it were you, would you buy it?