AAA Minerals Int’l 1 Guanghua Liu AAA Minerals Int’l Beijing-Changsha-Germany Feb Presenting to Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

AAA Minerals Int’l Since end 1980s, a lot of beautiful Chinese mineral specimens have been occurring in the international market; --- Collecting mineral crystals and specimens is NOT the tradition in China, only few people began to be interested in collecting them recently; -- Besides Jade and stone carvings, Chinese people do love the natural rocks; but they treat the stones in different ways from the Westerns.

AAA Minerals Int’l 3 1.When and who…… 2. What and why……. 3. Conclusion…..

AAA Minerals Int’l 4 China has a long history in collecting natural stones. It started in later Zhou Dynasty (2,600 year ago), and began to prevail in Tang Dynasty (1,100 years ago).

AAA Minerals Int’l 5 The early stone collectors of the nature stones includes royal family, governmental officer, rich people, Taoists and Buddhist, and scholars. The collectable stones in ancient time include colorful, unusually shaped rare stones, and rocks that are related to believes, holy and history events, as well as suitable for writing-room application.

AAA Minerals Int’l 6 Rich and noble collectors: They took some rare stones as treasures. The collection represented their power and their richness;

AAA Minerals Int’l 7 Religious collectors: Some stones are holy and magic objects, and can be used as long-life & believing supporters;

AAA Minerals Int’l 8 Scholars: Collecting stone for their imagination, recreation & decoration etc.

AAA Minerals Int’l 9 Chinese pay special attention on shape, color, size of the collectable stones, as well as their rareness. They focus on a stone’s aesthetic appeal as well as any potential links to legend, ancient events, famous people, religions or philosophies. In effect, the Chinese do not collect the stones themselves; rather they collect a physical representation of the ideas that the stones imply. Rock collecting in China is, therefore, regarded as a cultural endeavour.

AAA Minerals Int’l 10 Collectable stones: * rare stones, * imaging stones, * ornamental stones, and * writing-room stones.

AAA Minerals Int’l 11 The first three groups can be any attractive or strange looking stones or a piece of rock from a remote or historic location. For example, a pebble or cobble developed with graphic veins or a big block with laminations or structure displaying a special character or an image.

AAA Minerals Int’l 12 Character stone: A cobble with a Chinese Character “home”, Shown by differential eroded the veins and matrix.

AAA Minerals Int’l 13 Graphic stone: China’s rare stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 14 Ornamental stone Image shown by the lamination of a metamorphic rock

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AAA Minerals Int’l 16 Decoration stone: Marble plates with Imaging-forming laminations --Dali stone Flying dragon Peeping fox Singing rooster Guanying --God Fashion beauty

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AAA Minerals Int’l 18 Decoration stone: Stranger shaped rocks, formed by weathering and erosion in Taihu Area. ---Taihu Stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 19 Rare stone: -paradise Carbonate rock

AAA Minerals Int’l 20 Garden stone: Eroded limestone. –Taihu Stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 21 Imaging stone: Peace bird, a cobble with a suggestive wooden stand

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AAA Minerals Int’l 23 Imagine stone with a poem: Luckily holy bird –Agate ball

AAA Minerals Int’l 24 Imaging stone: Red horse, a cobble of banded rock

AAA Minerals Int’l 25 Imaging stone: Buddha, a cobble with suggestive beads

AAA Minerals Int’l 26 Imaging stone: Long-life peach, a cobble with a suggestive wooden stand

AAA Minerals Int’l 27 Ornamental Stone: Banded limestone ----Meat-stone

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AAA Minerals Int’l 29 For your own imaginations (Linbishi Stone).

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AAA Minerals Int’l 31 A stone decorated office

AAA Minerals Int’l 32 A part of collection

AAA Minerals Int’l 33 Ornamental stone: cave calcite.

AAA Minerals Int’l 34 Combination of western and Chinese collecting: Fluorite with pink dolomite

AAA Minerals Int’l 35 Writing-room stones include ink stones, used to grind inks; paper stones used to press paper; pen stones used to hold pens; and chop seal stones used as signature stamps. In fact, they are no more nature stones, but the combination of cutting art and stone.

AAA Minerals Int’l 36 Collection of writing-room stones: Made from Chinese Jade, about 300 years old.

AAA Minerals Int’l 37 Four major types of Stamp stones 1) Shoushan-stone (agalmatolite) from Fujian. The best Shushan-stone is “Huangtian”, known as "the emperor of stone"; 2) Qingtian-stone from Zhejiang; The best is known as "frozen light” and “in-door blue”. 3) Changhua-stone from Zhejiang; Its best stone is called “cock blood” 4) Balin-stone from Inner Mongolia, its best products are “water-grass in blood”

AAA Minerals Int’l 38 Seal stone, from Qingtian- stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 39 Seal stone, from Shoushan- stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 40 Seal stone, “Cock blood” from Changhua- stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 41 Seal stone, from Balin- stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 42 Seal stone, from Balin-stone

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AAA Minerals Int’l 44 Seal stone, More than 500 years old, from jade

AAA Minerals Int’l 45 Seal stone, from Jade

AAA Minerals Int’l 46 Ink-stones have a very long history and a large variety in China Ancient Chinese scholar regarded ink-stone as their most important writing tool. Present days, the ink-stone is a popular artwork and collecting item.

AAA Minerals Int’l 47 From Song Dynasty (420 to 479)

AAA Minerals Int’l 48 Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AC)

AAA Minerals Int’l 49 Ming to Qing Dynasty (1368 to 1911)

AAA Minerals Int’l 50 Ming to Qing Dynasty (1368 to 1911)

AAA Minerals Int’l 51 Ming to Qing Dynasty (1368 to 1911)

AAA Minerals Int’l 52 Ming to Qing Dynasty (1368 to 1911)

AAA Minerals Int’l 53 Ming to Qing Dynasty (1368 to 1911) From belemnite limestone

AAA Minerals Int’l 54 Pen container, from jade

AAA Minerals Int’l 55 Pen container, from jade

AAA Minerals Int’l 56 Pen container, from jade

AAA Minerals Int’l 57 Pen container, from Huangtian-stone

AAA Minerals Int’l 58 Ink-stick container, from marble

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AAA Minerals Int’l 60 Pen-washing container, from jade

AAA Minerals Int’l Traditional stone collection will be continued, but the scale will reduce gradually, because most collectable stones can be faked and the value of these stone are difficult to be evaluated.

AAA Minerals Int’l Chinese mineral collectors will increase very quickly, because more people will be better educated and western culture will be accepted by more and more Chinese Local collectors will collect more Chinese minerals so that fewer minerals will be exported in near future China may begin to import mineral specimens in future.

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