The Dan hemp color stone systematic name is “the pyrophyllite”, produces in the Qinghai Province nie county Dan hemp township, therefore “Dan hemp color stone”, also calls Kunlun Mountains the color stone.

It produces in the local 30 centimeters assumes in thick the belt-shaped sierra soil layer vertically and horizontally, assumes the crystal pigment figure or the petal grain. The color by white, the yellowish-brown, red brown, purple, the orange and so on is composed, assumes the subtranslucent partially or translucent, luster elegantly simple gentle, the pattern nature is smooth, the level is scattered and organized, pattern some resemble the purl, some resemble the difficult situation, has resembles the high peak cloud day, to have resembles the sunrise bright rosy-colored clouds at dawn, the appearance varies,Jewellery manufacturers is the very good ornamental wonder stone, and was developing was already the handicraft.

Dan hemp color lithical sacrificial Run, degree of hardness is 4 degrees, its chemical composition content is oxidizes 52.65%, the silicon dioxide 0.87%, the aluminum 6.63%, the potassium oxide 0.06%, the calcium 0.21%, the manganese 0.02%, are high including the strontium, reaches 0.1%, the storage capacity 50.4 tons, the ore-bearing rate 40%. It has two broad headings, one kind is “the steatite”, lithical soft, the generic term “the nephrite”, has feeling of the lubrication. The color has the snow white, the cream color, the breast decadent, brown and the purple and so on, most suits the carving small handicraft,Tahitian Pearls like Zhang Niu, ink pad box, big cow, yak, Goddess of Mercy and dharma and so on.

The quality excellent color stone especially “is frozen take lithical transparent the quartz”, the magnificent multi-colors “Ma to be frozen” and the pattern exquisite “the brain grain is frozen” as best. Another kind is “the snow rocks and flowers”, assumes the white,Golden South Sea Pearls acquires fame because of the endolithic including the snow efflorescent pattern.

The color stone carving inscribes the sculpture in the round, my poor gift, to float Italy, Gao Fuyi, the open work, to hollow out with the inlaid work and so on many kinds of techniques, the entertainers often according to Shi Xing, the grain, Shi Se and the pattern level designates the theme, the process works with great care, makes the great variety, the completely relaxed craft high-quality goods, such as the pen rack, color Shi Zhu, crisscross, the place screen, the paper weight, the drinking utensils, the desk lamp, as well as image lifelike character, animal, flower-and-bird, scenery scenery and so on, is the high-quality goods which watches and collects.

Also obtain the reward with Dan hemp color stone carving's some products. If color stone pen container: in 1981 in the national traveling handicraft, the souvenir comparison won the honorable mention; Pot: in 1981 at the national handicraft comparison meeting,discount fashion jewellery evaluated the outstanding product; Mosaic hung picture: in 1981 won the praise prize in the Chinese international traveling conference tourist souvenirs comparison.