On May 19, the reporter learned from the press conference of 5th CMGS that a new jade species, Xianghua jade was found in Linwu County Hunan Province, which is another great discovery after the Tongtian jade in our province.
According to the introduction from Zhao Yahui, President of Hunan Academy of Geological Sciences and second level professor, Hunan Academy of Geological Sciences found new jade resources in Xianghualing area of Linwu County in May 2016.
Xianghua jade, identified as tremolite jade, is an important discovery after Tongtian jade in Hunan Province and is also another major achievement of Hunan Provincial Department of Land and Resources to accelerate the transformation of geological exploration. The famous gem experts in the province named it as "Xianghua jade" according to its origin and characteristics.
Xianghua jade with calm and gorgeous color, delicate and warm texture, large volume, good quality, less crack, dark and green color, and strong toughness, is the high-grade quality raw materials of jade production.
Through the analysis and test of Hunan Geological Testing Institute, the main minerals of the jade are tremolite and actinolite, and the fiber interweaving structure is very similar to the characteristics of Hetian jade. Hunan Academy of Geological Sciences found that Xianghua jade was the contact metasomatic type jade deposit, rich in calcium, magnesium, iron and other elements. The mineralization bandwidth is 0.5m~2.5m, with an average width of about 1.5m。
The discovery of the Xianghua jade ended the history of Hunan not producing the high-grade jade, added the resource types of gems and jades in Hunan, but also brought new opportunities for the development of Hunan gem industry.
The conference also released the holding time and theme of the 6th CMGS. The 6th CMGS will be held in May 2018 in Chenzhou, and the theme is the "magic mineral crystal charm happy city, rare bournonite". The theme of summit is the "development of CMGS and mineral gemstone industry". At the same time, the conference also announced the Dongjiang Lake leisure tour, Mangshan forest health regimen tour, Rucheng hot spring health regimen tour and other boutique and characteristic tourist routes in Chenzhou.