Yellow wax stone, also known as Longwangyu, is named after the waxy texture on the surface of the stone. It is because of geological changes that quartzite minerals are mixed into acidic soil, and there are natural conditions such as geothermal or volcano near acidic soil, which has been catalyzed by the temperature of acidic soil and geothermal volcano for a long time and deteriorated to form olivine. Therefore, the structure is compact, the toughness is strong, and the hardness is 6.5 ~ 7.5.

Lingnan area is the earliest place to appreciate the yellow wax stone in the state-owned history of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, local yellow wax stones were collected in eastern Guangdong and Chaoshan areas. According to the County Records of Yong 'an County (now Zijin County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province), "Yong 'an produces wax stones and pays tribute, which is famous all over the world. "Yongan wax stone was made into a snuff bottle to pay tribute to the court in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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Characteristics of yellow wax stone

1, odd shape

Yellow wax stones are mostly ornamental stones, which are produced in rivers. After hundreds of millions of years of handling and washing, they have produced different shapes and strange shapes, such as circular squares, people like Buddha, strange mountains and beautiful water, everything. It has the traditional stone appreciation elements of "leakage, permeability, thinness and wrinkling".

2. Good skin

Yellow wax stone is washed with water, with high washing degree, smooth skin and strong wax texture. Most of them have a layer of warm patina, especially the high-density seed material feels super good and feels as smooth and delicate as a baby's skin, so the yellow wax stone also has the saying of "playing with the skin".

3. More colors

Yellowstone is mainly yellow and red, and there are many colors such as pink, green, black, light blue, light gray, white and purple. Among them, red and yellow are the traditional main colors of the Chinese nation, representing happiness and wealth.

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