Double the price in a year, aquamarine is expected to take over the "crazy stone"

Hot money speculation so that the collection market is in full swing, Huang Longyu's appreciation of the wind blowing all over the north and south, but it seems that some land and water are not satisfied. Collectors can not help guessing, what kind of gems will take the stick Huanglong Yu, become the protagonist of the next "crazy stone"?

In addition to the popular varieties Hetian jade and jadeite that collectors are familiar with, the one that has appreciated the most in one year is aquamarine.

Aquamarine is similar in shape to sapphire, but its mineral composition is similar to that of emeralds and is a transparent beryl crystal. In recent years, aquamarine has been favored by more and more collectors because of its beautiful appearance, bright colors, and low defects.

Aquamarine is a semi-precious stone, referring to the natural ore with jewellery processing value, such as aquamarine, crystal, and agate, in addition to the internationally recognized five diamonds: diamond, sapphire, ruby, opal, and emerald.

In 2009, due to the financial crisis, more than 70% of semi-precious stone jewelry prices fell. Crystals, agates and other superpositions ranged from 20% to 30%, while the strongest price was aquamarine. Last year's price went up. About 10%.

Since the beginning of this year, the price of aquamarine has continued to rise significantly. This year's price has doubled from the beginning of 2009. Visited an antique market in Beijing, many shops sell aquamarine, some made ring, some made bracelets. A shop owner stated that a gem-grade aquamarine, made of ring or necklace pendants, had a 200-500 yuan per carat of aquamarine below 5 carats, 400-2,000 carats per carat above 5 carats, and 10 carats. The aquamarine necklace pendant, the price is 10,000 -2 million. The aquamarine that is made into bracelets is relatively inexpensive. In addition to the color of the gemstone, the value of the diameter of the bead is used to judge the value. The larger the diameter, the higher the value, which is usually 100-200 yuan per gram.

In general, cuts perfectly cut the aquamarine with the cat's eye effect, the price will be 3 to 5 times more valuable than the ordinary sea blue, such as July in New York Sotheby's spring shoot, a 21-carat aquamarine "Wen" font brooch, A price of 25,000 U.S. dollars was sold, and in the spring auction last year, the price of the same type of product was only a few thousand U.S. dollars.

Aquamarine chooses a way to choose gems to start from its scarcity and aesthetics, and bright colors, neat shapes, less aquamarine also has a certain collection value.

The price of aquamarine depends mainly on its color and quality. The best aquamarine is pure sea blue. The gemstones, which are generally deep-sea blue, are about 30% to 50% more expensive than the shallow gemstones. Second, the larger aquamarine can fully display its beautiful color, so it has a higher appreciation potential. Third, the cut shape also determines the aquamarine price.

Currently, there are not many sapphire products on the market in Shanghai. Blue topaz and blue cubic zirconia are generally used to impersonate aquamarine. Compared with the topaz, the aquamarine has a smaller proportion, and its hand feel is lighter, and most of it has a faint yellow-green color. The blue topaz has a relatively single color. Compared with the zircon, the aquamarine is also lighter and has a light appearance. Four shots, visible double shadow.