Wooden fossil

wooden fossil can cause people's attention, thanks to the world's leading fine jewelry brands Cartier as well as Hermes. May 13, Cartier in Shanghai 1933 exhibition the latest jewelry, including a cheetah weighs 152.75 kt of wooden fossil bracelet particularly noticeable. As we all know, Leopard is Cartier jewelry iconic image, this leopard head of raw materials proved to be 70 million years ago from a petrified wood.

70 million years as a roller coaster

As early as two or three years ago began to collect petrified wood collectors, Guangdong Province, Vice-Chairman Chenqing Zhang told reporters, petrified wood is millions of years ago or even hundreds of millions of years ago, the trees, after a long geological replaced, was buried in the ground, the wooden part is account of silica, filling, but still retains remnants of a wooden structure, now the gem mineralogy to this organic material referred to as petrified wood jade, also known as "petrified wood", also called the "fossil tree" " jade tree. "

From the collection area in terms of petrified wood is a new category, collecting a history of only five or six years, the current collection of people is not widespread. In this five or six years there, petrified wood value, like a roller coaster, has experienced ups and downs: first appeared when the price is high, a 20 cm high ornaments can be sold for five or six thousand, Later, out of petrified wood and more, the price subsequently embarked on a downhill, more and cheaper, to the last two years, as many countries are beginning to produce petrified wood seal off, does not allow exploitation of petrified wood and then (because wood exploitation of fossil destruction of nature is very large, almost equal to the whole mountain should turn over to the bottom of the mountain out of petrified wood exploitation), petrified wood prices began to rise. However, because of petrified wood had never been speculation, very few people know what's what, so now the price is still low.

doubling prices into the fashion industry

It is understood, petrified wood collection, there is a good collection has been polished, there are collections of raw materials. Collection of raw materials, and buy on the jade "gambling Stone" almost bought when buyers do not know what is inside the case, only be known after the open, and out of the texture and shape determine its value. Chen Qingzhang that petrified wood is that it's rare to witness the hundreds of millions of years of geological changes through; and the world is not exactly the same two petrified wood, petrified wood each piece is unique; again, petrified wood can not be copied, a geological appraisal county agencies can identify petrified wood is true, so it's very difficult to fake; Finally, the practical value of petrified wood are also high, it is both the beauty of fossils, stone and jade beauty beauty, in addition to making ornaments, but also through processing, make jewelry, fashion buttons, pipes, etc., will also double the value. As for the luxury brand with petrified wood of this material, Chenqing Zhang's view is that these luxury brands see is unique and petrified wood can not be copied, it comes with the original elements and several years of information, which itself is in line with luxury concept.