1. Origin: The origin of the seal stone "Golden Field Yellow" is Indonesia. This stone is produced in Sun Creek, Indonesia. The output is rare and the texture is excellent. It is also called sun stone or soap stone locally.
2. Origin of the name: In my country, this stone was first introduced into Taiwan. In recent years, it has been brought to the mainland by Taiwanese businessmen. Since the early sales have been compared with the sales of Huanglong Jade, there has been no improvement.
After recently discovering the stone, Mr. Wu Jinquan, a Taiwanese businessman who is an expert on Shoushan stone, compared it with Tianhuang and re-recognized it as a lithographic material. Not only did he name it after "Jintianhuang", he also recommended it to Calligraphers, seal carvers, and carving masters in the sealing and stone circles attracted a lot of attention. For a time, the stone became widely known in the sealing and stone circles with the famous name "Jin Tian Huang."
Because its color and other characteristics are relatively close to the famous stone Fuzhou Tianhuang produced in mainland China, and due to its origin, it is called "Indonesian Golden Field Yellow". Because it was introduced from Taiwan, it is also called "Indonesian Golden Field Yellow". "Taiwan Golden Field Yellow".
3. Appearance: There are "mountain materials" in the mountains, and "washed materials" quarried in the river. The raw materials usually seen are mostly in the shape of lumps, so there is a saying that "the rough stones seen are shaped like dinosaur eggs." Some have natural "stone skin", and the transparency is close to the better "frozen stone" among Shoushan stones. Most of them are in the state of natural seed material. The stone skin is white, reddish brown, black, etc., sometimes mixed with silt, gold sand or other metallic fine sand. They vary in size, with the largest being no more than a hundred grams, and those exceeding a kilogram being rare.
IV. Composition hardness: "Jintianhuang" belongs to calcite; its chemical composition is calcium 1.11 manganese 0.89 (CO 3) 2. The main component is calcium carbonate, which is composed of higher purity calcium carbonate, silicon oxide and other inorganic compounds. It is made up of a combination; Mohs hardness is 2.5-3.3, easy to carve, and will not dry out or crack under normal temperatures.
5. Color: Bright but not tacky, stable but not turbid, arrogant and enchanting but not boring, out of the mud but not stained. The light exudes affection and is pleasant. Mainly in the yellow series, there are also orange-red, deep and light, pink and oily yellow, but they all condense the aura of heavenly creations, and they all have the emperor of aura.
6. Feel: The texture is moist, delicate, oily, not rough, not dry, and easy to touch. Warmth, softness and steel are combined. Under the irradiation of light, the stone emits yellow and reddish light. It feels docile when held in the hand, and becomes even more shiny and slippery after being rubbed and played with.
7. Stone skin: Except for very few without stone skin, it is generally wrapped with stone skin, including white skin, red skin, brown skin, black skin, etc. Therefore, stone skin is also one of the basis for identifying "Jintianhuang". Generally speaking, white skin, yellow heart (silver coated with gold) frozen stone is the best, followed by others, there is also crow skin, the skin and flesh are clearly not bad.
8. Plaid pattern: Goldfield yellow has many patterns, with coarse plaid patterns on the outside and fine floating plaid patterns on the inside. The radish pattern, mesh pattern and watercolor pattern are elegant and vivid. Plaid patterns mostly appear on the epidermis, and smaller stones can even have a grid-like pattern inside and outside the entire piece. Those with fine lines are considered top quality, while those with light lines are considered top quality.
9. Refraction: There are very special yellow with brown, the brown disappears under the light, and the brown part is completely transparent, like glass, which is a treasure in the world. Legend has it that it is a divine light in the darkness that can exorcise evil spirits and bring good luck to all things. In fact, it is a special phenomenon caused by the refraction of material combinations.
10. Types: There are many types of Golden Fields, and there are as many as eight types in total. It briefly introduces the original stone, the special natural form of Golden Fields, and there are no processed types and distinctions between internal and external skin colors. For: yellow jelly, loquat yellow, red jelly, orange peel red, chicken fat yellow, hibiscus series, crow skin series, plaid series and white hibiscus, etc.
Red jelly
The color of brown sugar can be seen with the naked eye, which is the same as yellow jelly. It is very rare. It can be said to be the best treasure!
Orange peel red
Yellow with red color, it is one of the most popular entry-level varieties for the public.
Chicken fat yellow
Just like the color of chicken fat, the milky yellow style has a unique flavor.
Hibiscus series, crow leather series
The texture of hibiscus is similar to the color of ceramics. The combination of this scene and the processing and carving can be said to be extremely clever! !
White Hibiscus Series
The texture has a pink luster, which is a favorite color among women.
This stone is extremely interesting. A single rough stone has a mixture of silver-coated and plaid types. It is really special. In fact, no matter how many types there are, it is not easy to have each type. After all, the stone is too rare.
11. Value and Prospects It has been thousands of years since the discovery of sealing stone materials to the mining and application in seal carving. Especially in recent years, with the increasing demand for high-quality handicrafts, sealing stone seals are currently Carvings of art are appreciated and recognized by a wide range of markets and are popular collections. Nowadays, the resources of seal stones that can be mined in China are extremely limited, especially those that can be cut into square seals.
The four most famous Chinese seal stones - Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, Changshi stone and Balin stone. According to the exquisite summary of Taiwanese businessman Mr. Wu Jinquan, the highest state of stone can be described as the six virtues of stone: "warm, moist, condensed, crystal clear." The eight mantras can be summed up in one sentence. Jintian Huang, each piece of its stone quality conforms to the realm of "warm, moist and condensed, crystal clear", so it has become the top material for seal cutting unanimously praised and collected by many famous artists. It can be said that seal stones are "the best of the best".