Inventory: How many varieties of marble in Yunnan?
There are more than 2,700 building materials companies in 128 counties (districts) in 16 prefectures and cities in Yunnan Province, with more than 270,000 employees. As the birthplace of marble, as early as 1300 years ago, the "pale jade", "color flower" and "ink flower" collected from Dali, Yunnan, have been well-known at home and abroad, and become the world's best term for carbonated decorative stone, marble. So how many varieties of marble are there in Yunnan?
According to statistics, the marbles that have been discovered in Yunnan include more than 100 stone varieties in eight series: white, yellow, black, red, green, purple, brown, and light blue. Among them:
(1) White (gray-white) color series: The species that have been discovered include "Gongshan White", "Fugong White", "Snow White", "Pingbian White", "Hekou White", "Hekou White Jade", and "Binghua" Dozens of "white", "stone drum white", "libai jade", "yulong white", "pale jade", "splash", "color flower", "wenshan white", "white wood grain", "dian white jade", etc. , It is predicted that the potential resource volume is greater than 35 billion m3.
(2) Yellow series: including light yellow and golden two series. (a) Light yellow series: The varieties that have been released include dozens of varieties such as "Yunnan Beihuang", "Shilin Beihuang", "Baoshan Rice Noodle", "Red Line Beige", "Golden Line Beige", "Bean Flower Beige", "Athens Beige", etc. , It is predicted that the potential resource volume is greater than 50 billion m3. (b) Golden series: The main species that have been discovered include "Jingui", "Golden Jade", "Cibi Huang", "Xiangshan Huang", "Yellow Agate", etc. Nearly 20, and the predicted potential resources are greater than 15 billion m3.
(3) Black series: The varieties that have been released include "Moyu", "Crystal Moyu", "Black King Kong", "Black Gold Flower", "Black Ice Flower", "Black Peony", "Black and White Root", "Shangrila Black" There are dozens of "wooden jade", "black sandalwood", etc. The ore-bearing horizons include the Heishantou Formation, Silurian, Devonian, and Triassic of the Kunyang Group. The predicted potential resources are greater than 100 billion m3.
(4) Red series: The varieties that have been released include "Coral Red", "Hongxia Jade", "Color Jade", "Red Liyu", "Nujiang Red", "Brown Yinhong", "Plum Blossom Stone", " There are more than dozens of "Red Dragon Jade", and the predicted potential resources are greater than 20 billion m3.
(5) Brown (brown) color series: more than ten varieties have been released, including "dark brown net", "light brown net", "red line brown net", "brown coral", etc. The predicted potential resource is greater than 15 billion m3.
(6) Purple series: The released varieties include "Ziyun", "Muyu Stone", "Red Sandalwood", etc., and the estimated potential resources are greater than 5 billion m3.
(7) Green series: The species that have been discovered include "Golden Mountain Green", "Kunming Color Flower", "Green Flower Stone", "Gong Cui", "Malachite Green", "Emerald Green", "Blue and White Jade", etc., and the amount of prospective resources Less than 100 million m3.
(8) Blue series: At present, there are only a few discoveries in the basic rock contact alteration zone near Kunming, Jianchuan and Honghe Prefecture, and the prospective resources are less than 100 million m3.
