青田石产于浙江省青田县。色彩丰富，花纹奇特。以“叶蜡石”为主，显蜡状，油脂、玻璃光泽，无透明、微透明至半透明，质地坚密细致，是中国篆刻用石最早之石种。

　　青田石共分10大类108种。颜色有黄、白，青、绿、黑、灰等，可谓五彩斑斓，绚丽多姿；但青田尚青、尚淡，极其雅致，不妖艳，不张扬。以“封门”为上品，微透明而淡青略带黄者称“封门青”。另外，晶莹如玉，照之璨如灯辉，半透明者称“灯光冻”（灯光冻，又名“灯明石”。微黄纯净细腻，温润柔和，色泽鲜明，半透明，光照下灿若灯辉，故名。灯光冻质雅易刻，明初已用于刻印，名扬四海，为青田石之极品，“高出寿山诸石之上”，价胜黄金）。色如幽兰，明润纯净，通灵微透者称“兰花青“。这三“青”与田黄，鸡血石并称为三大佳石，其价值也越来越高。

　　封门青，是所有印石中最宜受刀之石，大为篆刻者所青睐。其色彩天然，绝无人工或他石能仿造，容易辨认。鸡血、田黄以色浓质艳见长，象征富贵；封门青则以清新见长，象征隐逸淡泊，有“石中之君子”美称。

　　青田石除灯光冻、兰花青、封门青外，还有黄金耀、竹叶青、金玉冻、白果青田、红青田（美人红）、紫檀、蓝花钉、封门三彩（三色）、水藻花、煨冰纹、皮蛋冻、酱油冻等，均与实物名称相类。

 

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                                         五彩斑斓的青田石

 

 

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                                                灯光冻 

 

            
http://s9/middle/781cdfaena633cf2fc228&690                                                灯光冻




http://s11/middle/781cdfaena633907b656a&690                                               封门青

 

http://s11/middle/781cdfaena63390b8cf1a&690                                              黑青田

     http://s14/middle/781cdfaen77052f61248d&690                                               白青田
                           

http://s6/middle/781cdfaena633bde2fea5&690                                               青白

                         

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                                           蓝星青田

 

 

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                                        竹叶青地豆腐花冻

 

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                                           青田彩地蓝花钉

 

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                                           封门白地蓝带

 

 

http://s12/middle/781cdfaena633eccced3b&690                                          封门鱼籽蓝对章

 

http://s9/middle/781cdfaena633ecb52be8&690                                            封门红花冻

 

http://s16/middle/781cdfaena633ec3c123f&690                                             封门夹板

 

 

http://s12/middle/781cdfaena633ed11182b&690                                            封门墨花冻

 

http://s3/middle/781cdfaena633ed1a3772&690                                             封门墨花冻

 

http://s3/middle/781cdfaena633ec9e1202&690                                              封门青

 

http://s1/middle/781cdfaena633ecae0750&690                                              封门三彩

 

http://s9/middle/781cdfaena633ed49b118&690                                             封门五彩冻

 

http://s4/middle/781cdfaena633ed020863&690                                              封门雨花

 

http://s11/middle/781cdfaena633eda5ffda&690                                           封门紫檀冻

 

http://s3/middle/781cdfaena633edc557a2&690                                               红花透绿冻

 

http://s10/middle/781cdfaena633edd7b419&690                                               虎斑

http://s2/middle/781cdfaena633ed55f051&690                                             透绿冻

http://s14/middle/781cdfaena633ed64b94d&690                                          青田玻璃地墨花冻

 

http://s9/middle/781cdfaen7705315c7808&690                                          彩地雪花冻对章

 

http://s12/middle/781cdfaena6343032a20b&690                                           青田冻地水草

 

                      http://s8/middle/781cdfaena6343921eea7&690                                             青田封门流沙纹  

 

 

 

http://s2/middle/781cdfaena63443f4af21&690                                            青田紫檀冻

 

http://s1/middle/781cdfaena6344a732d00&690                                             青田紫檀花

 

http://s4/middle/781cdfaena6344b16c7f3&690                                              青田紫云冻

 

http://s16/middle/781cdfaen77053aaa1eef&690                                               煨冰纹

 

http://s10/middle/781cdfaena6344b412bd9&690                                              青田紫罗兰

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                                              青田蜜蜡黄

 

 

 

http://s9/middle/781cdfaena634555dd078&690                                         青田皮蛋绿紫檀纹

 

 

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                                        青田巧色头绳缕对章

http://s13/middle/781cdfaena634559a66ec&690                                            青田雪花冻

 

 

 

http://s2/middle/781cdfaena63456481c71&690                                          青田岩门雪花冻

 

http://s10/middle/781cdfaena634565459c9&690                                            青田鱼脑冻

 

http://s4/middle/781cdfaena63455f6bd83&690                                            青田芝麻花

http://s6/middle/781cdfaena63456a16955&690                                             青田朱砂冻

 

 

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                                       青田封门水墨冻地鱼籽


 http://s2/middle/781cdfaena63483d73bf1&690                                              青田龙蛋

 

http://s14/middle/781cdfaena634834fbcdd&690                                                绿豆冻



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                                             青田老料墨纹
               

 

http://s2/middle/781cdfaena634944a7df1&690                                              封门石榴红

http://s6/middle/781cdfaena6349457deb5&690                                            青田夹筋冻http://s16/middle/781cdfaena634950108df&690                                        青田兰花冻地煨冰纹

http://s13/middle/781cdfaena634948ed97c&690                                            青田封门彩

 

 

 

 

http://s9/middle/781cdfaena63494bf1f48&690                                               封门双色

 

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                                              青田红花

 

 

http://s8/middle/781cdfaena634957c0147&690                                           青田老料紫檀

                              

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附则小故事：

    文彭，印坛鼻祖，明朝著名书画家文征明的大儿子，其弟文嘉也擅书画。在当时，刻印被看作“雕虫小技”，一般由专职工匠刻制，材料大体采用牙章。文彭喜欢自己设计篆印，然后交给一位精于雕刻的南京人李文甫刻制。一次，文彭无意中遇上一位老人，赶驴驮着几筐半透明的“灯光冻石”，这是当时用来雕刻女子装饰品的，他便出高价全部买下用作印材，从此“冻石”才被文人重视起来。

    后来，文彭自己设计印稿，并亲手在冻石上篆刻。文人加入到治印队伍中，使得印章文化气息更浓，面貌更加生动，更具艺术性。