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Chapter 1136 Discovery of amber with the size of a fist (subscription required)

Having said that, Li Yuan put that thing under his nose, originally intending to see if he could tell what it was from the smell of it.

But who knew that when I smelled this thing for the first time, I couldn't smell anything except the smell of soil.

In order to identify it more accurately, Li Yuan removed the dirt on it with his hands, and only then did Li Yuan get a glimpse of the original surface of this thing.

Looking at the ball in his hand, Li Yuan felt more and more familiar.

Li Yuan approached again. This time, he really smelled something. Li Yuan's eyes flashed. This thing... seems to be pine resin?
In order to confirm, Li Yuan rubbed off all the dirt on it with his hands, and the black skin inside was indeed exposed. Although he couldn't see what it looked like inside, he could already smell the unique smell of the resin.

At this moment, Li Yuan still fully confirms that this thing...

It's pine resin!
Li Yuan: "I thought it was something, it turned out to be pine resin."

In the live broadcast room, everyone was looking at Li Yuan rubbing 'shit' with his hands in distaste. Unexpectedly, after such a short time, Li Yuan had already seen what the thing was, and had already denied that it was shit. conclusion.

For a while, everyone didn't come back to their senses.

"What? Pine resin?"

"Pine resin? Isn't that dried poop?"

"What is pine resin? Is that what... amber?"

"Yes, yes, it seems that these two are a thing."

"Is this amber? Isn't it shit?"

Li Yuan glanced at the message on the screen, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Li Yuan: "What are you talking about, what weathered shit? If it was really shit, it would have been decomposed by the microorganisms in the forest long ago, and you still have to look for the quilt to find it?"

Li Yuan: "This is actually just ordinary pine resin. Although amber itself is also resin, these two things are not the same thing. Amber is much more precious than pine resin. Where can I pick it up casually? .”

The pine resin trickled down to the ground, and occasionally a few unlucky insects happened to be trapped in it, wrapping, wrapping again, and with the wind and sun and the passage of time, it turned into amber.

However, the formation of amber is full of coincidences. It is already very coincidental to say that the resin encased the insects when it fell.

For complete amber, it is necessary to ensure that the oil volume of amber is enough to wrap the entire insect in it.

It took a long time, and the resin did not suffer any damage during the solidification period, and it will form a completed amber with time rings.

Therefore, although there are many resins, not all resins can be made into amber.

but……

Li Yuan looked at the resin in his hand, and he was really a little surprised.

The size of this resin is huge, fully larger than an egg, and the outermost layer of the pine resin has been oxidized to black, and there are many leaves and dust on it.

The pine resin has completely solidified, and there will be a rattling sound when it is tapped lightly. It is a bit like plastic. I don't know how many years this piece of resin has gone through to form what it is now.

Li Yuan looked at the resin in his hand and couldn't help sighing: "Although resin is relatively common in the mountains and forests, this... it's the first time I've seen resin as big as a fist."

Among all kinds of trees, pine trees are the most likely to produce resin.

With the development of science, the use of resin is more and more.

For example, when playing the erhu, rubbing rosin on the strings will enhance the sound of the instrument.

The ink used in printing is generally mixed with turpentine, and turpentine can also be used as an important raw material for chemical products.

But to put it bluntly, pine resin is actually a self-protection mechanism for pine trees after they are injured.

The roots, stems and leaves of pine trees are densely covered with many small pipes, which are the intercellular spaces of pine trees. These pipes are connected to form a complete pipe system that criss-crosses and runs through the entire tree. Botanists call it resin road.

And when the pine tree is injured, the pine resin flows out of the pipe to seal the wound and prevent its own wound from being infected.

Because summer is the time when trees grow most vigorously, it is also the time when the resin of pine trees is most active, so in summer, the resin will flow out from the gaps in the hands.

Now many resins are produced through this principle.

However, the general resin is about two centimeters in size, such a large resin...it is really rare.After all, even if there is a wound, and such pine resin flows out all at once, it at least proves that the pine tree is not young.

Otherwise, if I switch to an ordinary pine tree, it may not be able to secrete so much pine resin.

Li Yuan weighed the pine resin in his hand, the weight could be compared to an old cow's dry.

Li Yuan raised his hand, raised the pine resin, and looked at the sun.

From under the vaguely black skin, the bright amber color inside can be vaguely seen, vaguely, somewhat unclear, but the color is very beautiful.

Li Yuan looked at the nearly golden-yellow resin. Although the outer skin of this resin had turned black, through the gaps in the black skin, it was clear that the color inside was very rich.

Li Yuan couldn't help but praise: "The color of this piece of resin is indeed beautiful, but it's a pity that there are no insects in it, otherwise... it must be a good thing."

The price of amber varies, among which the higher value is some ancient antiques, or those carved into exquisite works of art, or... the amber that contains biological remains.

The latter is also the most valuable one.

The value of amber is generally determined by factors such as the clarity, shape, size and color of insects in amber to determine its economic value.

For example, the thick and positive resin in Li Yuan's hand can already be called the top grade of amber.

But in fact, amber is also divided into many colors, among which blue, green and blood red are the best colors.However, the number of green ambers is very small, and even up to now, no more than a hundred pieces have been discovered.

The green amber is generally found in the sea, and it is basically caused by the deterioration of the high temperature in the chemical agent.

And transparent blood amber, also known as amber, like the one in Li Yuan's hand, is usually caused by high temperature baking.

Li Yuan said slowly: "In fact, there are many kinds of amber, golden amber, blood amber, insect amber, fragrant amber, stone amber, flower amber, water amber, clear amber, wax amber, blood dense wax, red turpentine, these are all The type of amber. And the kind I hold in my hand is blood amber."

Studio.

"Is it blood amber? Is this thing worth money?"

(End of this chapter)