How to identify sandalwood

In fact, from the name of red sandalwood, it is not difficult to think of its color. "Purple" must be one of the characteristics of red sandalwood. But I want to tell you that just like small-diameter rosewood beads with low moisture content may not be able to sink if they are affected by factors such as drilling, waxing, stringing, etc., we need to know more common sense, otherwise it is easy to cause misunderstandings For example, the color of rosewood may not be purple in the early stages of new cutting and under certain specific conditions. Red sandalwood is rich in pterostilbene, which will exude purple pigment in alcohol (soaking or boiling in water will not have this effect). The surface of red sandalwood that has not been exposed to the sun will turn purple over time, but if it is exposed to the sun for a long time, it will turn gray-brown. . On the Internet and in some books, it is said that red sandalwood is divided into new and old ones, with new red sandalwood being lighter in color and old red sandalwood being darker in color. This statement should have been excerpted from the wrong article or failed to understand the author's meaning. The first sentence is correct. Red sandalwood can be divided into old and new materials. The old here has two meanings. One refers to the long growth cycle, that is, it grows old. This kind of material is from wild forests. Another meaning is that it has a long shelf life, which means that it has been left for a long time after being cut down. But the "old" we are talking about now actually combines the above two meanings. It is usually not necessary to separately explain whether the tree is old or old, because now the cost of going into the mountains to find and harvest a red sandalwood wild forest is too high. We Many of the wild forests that can be seen were cut down in the past and have been released for a long time. So what's wrong with this passage is the color. It should be said that the color of red sandalwood is light when it is newly cut, but becomes darker over time. This is correct. I think the person who originally wrote this passage may have meant this, but the excerpter failed to understand it clearly. Newly cut red sandalwood has a light color, while red sandalwood that has been stored for a long time has a dark color. This process only takes a few weeks. If you judge new and old materials according to the color depth, which is the old material, then the fast-growing forest red sandalwood after cutting for a few weeks will have a darker color. It has become an old joke, and it has become a joke.

A red sandalwood rosary hanging on the rearview mirror of the car that has been exposed to the sun (the picture belongs to the website in the picture, any theft of the picture will be investigated!)

New and old materials (here refers to the wild forest There is indeed a difference in color between red sandalwood when cut at the same time and after oxidation at the same time, but the difference is very small. Experienced cutting workers cannot distinguish by color alone. So for newcomers, it is difficult to distinguish red sandalwood by color. Old and new are meaningless, you can only tell how long the item has been there. The identification of old and new materials still depends on experience and quality, which has nothing to do with color and weight.

Newly made red sandalwood paperweight (the picture belongs to the website in the picture, any theft of the picture will be investigated!)

Some people think that red sandalwood is yellow; Black, actually this is all right. The newly cut surface of red sandalwood is usually orange. As for black, there are two situations. One is because there is too much melanin in the red sandalwood, so the newly cut surface looks black. The other is because the surface is too dirty. , usually caused by long-term contact with oil and sweat. This group of people usually sees those rosewood hand beads that have not been carefully maintained, because only the hand beads and some small pieces are easily exposed to oil and sweat and turn into black balls. ball, so these people misunderstood the color of rosewood. Larger red sandalwood ornaments and furniture can truly reflect the color of red sandalwood because they are not easily contaminated by oil and sweat. The color of red sandalwood is usually orange when it is newly cut, and becomes dark purple over time. The color change process is usually from orange, red, dark red, purple to deep purple. During this period, a color similar to "chicken blood" will appear from red to purple.

A red sandalwood old material bracelet that has been produced for some time (the picture belongs to the website in the picture, any theft of the picture will be investigated!)

Looking at the current situation of my business, now The most popular among mahogany jewelry is the rosewood bracelet, which has gradually become a popular jewelry. The production capacity of my workshop is about 5 strings per day, which cannot meet the market demand. If there is demand, there is a market. More and more businesses are beginning to see this change, and manufacturers with large reserves of rosewood wood are also beginning to develop in the direction of small accessories.

The more people who make beads, the more choices players have. In addition to being sure of authenticity, consumers begin to pursue gold stars.

Venus Rosewood Hand Beads (The picture belongs to the website in the picture, any theft of the picture will be investigated!)

Venus Rosewood cannot be regarded as a variety or classification of red sandalwood. It can be seen under a microscope There is no difference in the organizational arrangement. Its difference lies in its appearance. On its surface, you can see an arrangement of filamentous, bright yellowish substances. It is formed by the sap deposited in the pores of the tree tubes. It is a combination of the protein and resin of the red sandalwood itself. The probability of its formation is small, so it is precious. But the more attractive reason is that after years of oxidation, its surface turns purple in color, and the material of Venus becomes very metallic, just like gold inlaid on the surface of rosewood, which is very dazzling.

The picture above shows the Venus rosewood paperweight after its surface has been oxidized for many years (the picture belongs to the website in the picture, any theft of the picture will be prosecuted!). Things are rare and the price of the Venus rosewood bracelet is ordinary with the same specifications. Two or three times the price of a rosewood bracelet. But orders were always full, and more and more people began to like beads with gold stars.