Rain Flower Stones (Yuhua shi), Nanjing
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They mostly come from the area of Yuhuatai (Flower Rain Terrance, a historical memorial place for Chinese martyrs in the city), Liuhe and Jiangpu in Nanjing. The good quality one is a kind of precious agate . These hard polished stones when placed in water reveal colorful patterns. Folk artists make them into ring covers, ear or necklace pendants or other fine jewelry. Put them into a fishbowl or a vase to make the patterns emerge. It is a popular gift for friends.
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Can you inform me how the rainflower stones are cut and polished? What is their hardness and brittleness? What colours are available? Are they artificially coloured or are their colours natural? In what sizes and shapes are these stones available for purchase? If anyone can answer the above questions I would be grateful. I love them and I would like to buy some of them.
Hi Foxy, The colors and designs of the rainflower stones are natural, and the stones are cut and polished by some special tools into different sizes and shapes. Rainflower stones are available for purchase in many department stores of Nanjing. The Nanjing Jinlong Rainflower Stone Factory，which is located in Hengliang Town of Liuhe District, produces the best quality of rainflower stones in Nanjing.
Rain flower stone formed 2.5 -1.5 million years ago. It is a compound of quartzite, flint and agate, and has a popular name rain-flower agate. A beautiful legend says that in the Liang of Southern Dynasties (502-557) when Master Monk Yunguang was expounding the texts of Buddhism at Jubaoshan Heaven was so moved that it rained flowers. So the colorful stones with beautiful patterns and veins in the mountain are called discount rain flower stone. Cheap Rain flower stone, is a kind of natural agate viewing stone. It has been appreciated and collected by people for several thousand years in China. Handmade Rain flower stone is "Peace Lucky Stone". It comes in different colors ranging from black, yellow, white, red, green to mixed color. Any person sees the multicolored rain flower stone, he or she would pick it up and admire. China Rain flower stone shows the particular aesthetic value by its glittering and translucent texture, rich and various colors, wonderful veins, and lively appearance. Fashion Rain flower stone is famed for its flower, its flower with rain, very beautiful and bewitching. The materials of rain flower stone include crystal, jade, agate, chalcedony, and mixed materials, though most of it is made up of silicon dioxide. It is regarded as China''s national treasure, and produced mainly in Nanjing city, China. Rain flower stone is a kind of natural agate stone, and there are not two identical rain flower stones in the world. It is also called ornamental stone or lucky stone. It is regarded as national treasure and it has been appreciated and collected by people for several thousand years. The value of rain flower stone depends on likeness of the design, such as human figure, flower and birds, animal, scenery, and plant. It exists in a wonderful variety of black, yellow, white, red, green and mixed colors. Now it has become a kind of symbolization of luck and friendship. It is extremely rare that no cut and no any alteration, purely natural rain flower stone can bring good luck to you. You can buy rainflower stones in many tousit spots in Nanjing. It''s easy to find.
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