碧玺是一种装饰类宝石,它的身价在近一百年中发生了很大变化。在清代、民国时期,碧玺是一种很贵重的宝石,价值仅在钻石与红蓝宝石之下,是上层妇女的豪华饰品之一。据说慈禧太后入殓时,脚下就有用碧玺雕制的莲花,重约三十六两八钱,价值七十五万两白银。这一组数字说明了碧玺在清代的价值很高。而现代,由于材料充裕,碧玺的市场价格远不如清代及民国。但是,上好的碧玺仍然是千金难求的珍贵装饰材料。现在市场上以碧玺为材料的各种装饰制品 Tourmaline is a decorative gem, its worth in the past hundred years have undergone great changes. During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, tourmaline was a valuable gem whose value was only found in diamonds and red sapphires. It was one of the luxury jewelry for the upper class. It is said that when the Empress Dowager Cixi entered, at the foot of a lotus carved with tourmaline, weighs about thirty-six thousand twenty-eight, the value of five hundred and fifty thousand two silver. This set of figures shows the great value of tourmaline in the Qing Dynasty. Modern, due to abundant materials, tourmaline market prices far less than the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. However, the good tourmaline is still precious daughter of rare decorative materials. Now on the market with tourmaline for a variety of decorative materials products