In order to further promote the culture of strange stone root art, with the strong support of 0 Baiyun District Committee and government, the exhibition hall of strange stone root art in Baiyun Mining Area was formally established and opened to the public in August 2005, with a total area of nearly 200 square meters, and more than 200 works of strange stone root art collected by many Shi Youzhen in Baiyun Mining Area were exhibited.
Most of the strange stones exhibited in the exhibition hall of Kistler Genyi are local Gobi stones (wind fossils) in Baiyun mining area and Gobi stones in Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, as well as some stalactites, lingbi stones, washed stones and wood fossils from Myanmar in the south. There are also some strange stones that have been processed and polished, such as taishan jade in Shandong, Hami jade in Xinjiang, and some relief stones. Now briefly introduce all kinds of strange stones:
1. Meat stone: It belongs to the aeolian fossil series and is produced in Baiyun. This kind of stone is small, and a good stone has a high degree of jade. Some good stones have been agated with a hardness of 7 degrees. The meat stone produced in our district enjoys a high reputation in the stone appreciation field in China. The market evaluation price of Mr. Wang Xianguo's "tribute" of a stone has reached 300,000-500,000, but Wang Xianguo still refuses to sell it, which shows its collection value.
2. Bayan Obo: It occurs in the potassium-rich rock series at the top of Bayan Obo rare earth deposit, and is a potash feldspar slate. It is mainly composed of potassium microcline (accounting for 80 _-90 _), with a small amount of pyrite and sodium amphibole. Its main components are fine mineral particle size, dense inlay, high rock hardness (7.5-8 degrees), fine texture and good polishing performance. Some dolomite jade can produce gorgeous "gold star" or "money" effect on the gray-green substrate because of the embellishment of disseminated pyrite spots or veinlets.
3. The aeolian fossil is a special type of aeolian fossil (Gobi stone). Multi-edged smooth aeolian fossils, including two-edged, three-edged, four-edged or multi-edged, are commonly eroded by wind and sand, among which the three-edged stone is the most typical and has the most ornamental value.
4. Desert varnish refers to the colloidal solution of manganese oxide and iron oxide in the sand layer groundwater under the stone because of the large temperature difference between day and night in the desert area. The stone surface on the surface or near the surface is precipitated by capillary upward diffusion and fumigation, and a layer of black or brown manganese oxide and iron oxide film is dispersed. Like a layer of matte paint. Coupled with the repeated grinding of iron and manganese films by wind and sand, it is more like spraying a layer of "pigment" on weathered stones. When the paint film is thick and mainly composed of manganese oxide, it is a typical black desert varnish; When the "lacquer" film is converted into iron oxide and thinned, it forms orange-yellow to brownish-yellow desert varnish.
5. Agate: The aphanitic material, which is dehydrated and solidified by colloidal solution of silicon dioxide, is a gel-like irregular aggregate with rich and varied colors, transparent to translucent, waxy fracture, dense texture and hardness of 7 degrees. Those with girdle structure are called agates. A uniform structure without girdle is called chalcedony.
6. Jasper: It is called jasper when the colloidal silica solution containing a considerable amount of iron and other substances is dehydrated and solidified into slightly transparent to opaque aphanitic. Brittle, dense, waxy fracture, hardness of 6.5-7 degrees.
7. Wood fossils: also known as silicified wood, the trees in geological history were finally buried in the stratum after geological changes. After chemical replacement and groundwater filling, these chemicals crystallized and deposited in the wood part of the tree, preserving the original structure of the tree, thus forming wood fossils. There are many kinds of wood fossils displayed in the exhibition hall, including those from Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia and Myanmar.
8. Lingbi Stone: produced in Lingbi County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, Lingbi Stone is famous for its strangeness and has been the first choice for people to watch and play since ancient times. Lingbi stone was listed as a tribute stone in the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong, who loved Lingbi stone, personally sealed Lingbi stone as "the first stone in the world" and established the supreme imperial status of Lingbi stone.
9. Stalactite: It is formed by limestone dripping from caves over hundreds of thousands of years.
10. Washable stones: There are many kinds of stones, mostly in rivers, which are formed by washing, such as pebbles and painted stones. , representing the stone species of Dahua Caiyu in Guangxi.
1 1. Photo stone: This stone was polished by hand. It is gorgeous in color and delicate in texture, but because it is artificially made, it is not attractive to real stone lovers, so the price is also very low.
All the root art works exhibited in the exhibition hall were made by root art lovers in Baiyun District from the vicinity of Baiyun Mining Area, which fully demonstrated the intelligence and wisdom of root art lovers in Baiyun Mining Area.