Historical legend of tourmaline
Legend 1. The origin of tourmaline was in 1703. In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, several children played with the stones brought back by the Dutch voyagers, and found that these stones, besides the strange colors appearing under the sun, are even more surprised that these stones have a kind of energy. attract
Or the power of repelling light objects such as dust or grass clippings, so the Dutch called him as an asbestos.
Legend 2: According to legend, if you can find the foothold of the rainbow, you can find eternal happiness and wealth. Although the rainbow often has, it can never find its starting point. Until 1500, a Portuguese exploration team discovered a gem in Brazil, shining with colorful neon light! Like a rainbow from the sky to the center of the earth, the ordinary stone bathed under the rainbow gained the world's various envelops along the way. A variety of colors, polished and crystal clear. Not all stones are so lucky, the gems hidden in the rainbow's foot are called "Tourmaline" by future generations.
Until 1768, the famous Swedish scientist Linnes discovered that the tourmaline is also piezoelectric and pyroelectric, which is the origin of the name of tourmaline. Until now, tourmaline has been used scientifically for the measurement of luminous intensity and pressure changes. At the beginning of the Second World War, it was the only substance that could determine the pressure of nuclear explosion. Now, it is widely used in the optical industry.
The word "Chinese tourmaline" first appeared in the Qing Dynasty classic "Shi Ya": "The name of Bi Ya, China's nationality, has not been self-existed. Qing Dynasty plan cloud: Dome with Biya? Yan Hengzhi said: Bi Xia Bi Yi Bi Xia çŽ, a æ›° Bi wash; Yu Ji also do Bi Xia. Nowadays, but the world is called Bi Ya, or for Bi Bi, but no one has asked the name of the origin, but Foreign dialects are undoubtedly ears." In the later historical documents, titles such as "ç ’Selenium", "Bixi", "Bixiaxi", and "Broken evil gold" can also be found. The current tourmaline is the name used in our jewelry industry. Legend has it that the tourmaline is also the favorite of the Empress Dowager Cixi. According to historical records, among the funerary objects of the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, there is a lotus flower made of tourmaline, weighing 36 and 8 money (about 5,092 g) and a pillow made of watermelon tourmaline. The value at that time was 750,000 two silver.
Among the hundreds of rare treasures in the Forbidden City Treasures Museum in Beijing, there is a huge pink tourmaline buckle called the best of the Qing Dynasty tourmaline. The buckle is made of pink and blue tourmaline on the silver wire. The tourmaline is transparent and volume. Large parts have cotton crepe. Yintuo tired silk double money pattern ring set, behind the silver tray engraved with small beads "Wan Shou Wujiang" "life Yongchang", next to the "Hongxing" "footprint" stamp, in the middle is a thin tired silk rope double " "Shou" and double "Fu", this tourmaline is 5.5cm long and 5.2cm wide. The tourmaline is transparent and pink is a treasure, which is more precious in the Qing Dynasty.
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