The pharmacopoeia "Marine Materia Medica" records that red coral has the effects of clearing away pterygium and improving eyesight, as well as calming the mind and soothing the nerves.
Later, scientists discovered a new type of anti-cancer active substance in it.
This further confirms the legend that wearing red coral jewelry has health benefits.
Due to global warming and excessive fishing by humans, red coral resources are gradually decreasing.
International conventions have prohibited the harvesting of red coral, and our country has also listed it as a national protected animal.
However, due to the complex habitat of red coral, its slow growth, and the large market demand, it is a significant issue.
The lack of improvement in the marine ecological environment has resulted in a continued scarcity of red coral resources.
This has led to a continuous rise in the market price of red coral, with prices reaching several thousand yuan per gram and still being difficult to find.
Red corals are divided into Aka corals, Momo corals, and Sardinian corals.
Sardinian coral, which grows in shallow waters, has a lighter texture, larger size, and a relatively lower price, is found in the Sardinian Strait.
The other two types of red coral are found in the waters off Japan and Taiwan.
These two types of red coral grow in the deep sea at depths of 200-4000 meters, where volcanoes are frequent.
Its texture is much harder than that of sardine coral, comparable to ivory, and its quality is also more translucent and oily.
Furthermore, the branches of red coral also have white spots and pressure marks, which is a unique feature of their growth in the deep sea.
Red coral comes in many different colors, including dark red, deep red, vermilion, true red, peach, orange, pink, and pinkish-white.
The more intense the red color of the coral, the longer it has grown and the more iron oxide it has absorbed on the seabed.
The harder and more oily the texture, the more precious the red coral.
The red coral that Chen Hong found has a fan-shaped tree with a dark red base and trunk, while the top is milky white.
It's already breathtakingly beautiful even before it's been polished.
This red coral tree is perfectly intact, with not a single broken branch or defect; it is truly flawless.
This is deep-sea red coral, one of the world's most precious organic gemstones. It truly lives up to its reputation!
Chen Hong stared fascinated at the red coral in her hand, weighing it in her hand; it was indeed quite heavy.
She weighed it on the electronic scale used to sell fish, and the red coral weighed 6.58 kilograms, which is a little over 13 jin (a traditional Chinese unit of weight, approximately 6.5 catties).
Although the current market price is unknown, red coral was already being sold by the gram in 2022.
It seems that each gram is worth at least several thousand yuan, so this piece of red coral must be worth at least tens of millions.
That's based on the price of loose, defective pieces. If sold as a whole plant, it could be worth hundreds of millions.
Chen Hong was stunned; the surprise came too suddenly, and she was completely unprepared.
Unexpectedly, the biggest gain from this trip to the Sea of Japan turned out to be this!
This unassuming little coral tree branch is actually a legendary Buddhist treasure: red coral!
How many boatloads of fish would it take to equal the value of this red coral?
No wonder the news in my previous life reported that for several years many fishing boats in Guangdong stopped fishing altogether.
Dozens of fishing boats joined forces to specifically go to the waters around Japan and Taiwan to salvage red coral. Legend has it that someone salvaged a piece of red coral and sold it for more than 100 million RMB.
If you manage to catch this, you're guaranteed to make a profit. It's so valuable, it's definitely a lucrative business!
If you could find a plant of similar size and quality to the one in Chen Hong's hand, becoming rich overnight would not be a dream!
Ordinary people can lie down and enjoy life, without having to do anything, and never have to worry about money for the rest of their lives!
She used to go diving in the sea, so why did she never think of looking for red coral?
She may have been misled by habitual thinking; deep down, she didn't want to do anything illegal.
Red coral has long been listed as a first-class protected animal in our country. The thought of red coral is associated with illegality, so she never thought about it.
However, this is the Sea of Japan in international waters, so it shouldn't be subject to our domestic laws.
So what if it's illegal? She's not going to buy or sell it. If all else fails, she can keep it at home for her own enjoyment.
Moreover, this area is Japanese territorial waters, and the Japanese have openly and covertly robbed us of so many valuable things, even resorting to murder and robbery for it.
They've committed so many evils, yet they haven't been punished at all. Where is there any true fairness and justice in this world?
As long as we are careful and don't get caught, even if we loot all the red coral in Japan's territorial waters, so what?
Without any evidence or proof, and with no one able to catch her in the act, how dare the Japanese go to China to arrest her?
As long as this matter isn't brought up in the open, she's not afraid of anyone who comes.
While her mind was wandering, Chen Hong suddenly realized that red coral couldn't possibly grow alone, could it? These things must live in groups and symbiosis!
Thinking of this, Chen Hong suddenly seemed to be injected with adrenaline and immediately left the space to search the nearby seabed.
As the saying goes, heaven helps those who help themselves; Chen Hong actually found a large area of red coral there.
She hadn't expected that there were so many red corals growing in this area.
Moreover, she discovered that not only did many dark red and deep red Aka corals grow here.
It also grows a lot of orange-red and peach-pink corals. There are even a lot of pink and white Momo corals.
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