“天下之美玉为先,中华美玉出祁连”。祁连玉色彩典雅,造型独特,结构致密,质地细腻,是玉中佳品。祁连玉石属蛇纹石族玉石,种类繁多,以蛇纹石为主的称蛇纹玉,多呈暗绿、墨绿、黄绿色等;以闪透石、淡斜绿泥石为主的称软玉;以钙铝榴石、透辉石、斜长石等为主的有密玉、翠玉、白玉等。祁连玉呈各种绿色,有浅绿、翠绿、墨绿、白色及过滤色,结构致密、细微,色泽鲜丽、柔和,硬度4～7度,有较高的工艺欣赏和经济价值,其雕制品细腻、滋润,具半透明感。祁连玉产地分布广泛,成矿地质条件优越,很有开发利用前景。肃南县占祁连山北麓75%的面 “The beauty of the world for the first jade, beautiful jade out of the Qilian ”. Qilian jade elegant color, unique shape, compact structure, delicate texture, is jade good product. Qilian jade is a serpentine jade, a wide range of serpentine-based serpentine jade, mostly dark green, dark green, yellow-green, etc .; to flash stone, pale beryl chlorite-based Nephrite; toalumines, diopside, plagioclase, etc. mainly dense jade, jade, white jade and so on. Qilian jade was a variety of green, green, green, dark green, white and filter color, compact structure, subtle, bright color, soft, hardness 4 to 7 degrees, a higher appreciation of technology and economic value, Moisturizing, translucent. Qilian jade is widely distributed in producing areas, with superior geological conditions for mineralization and great prospect of development and utilization. Sunan County accounts for 75% of the Qilian Mountains north face