Jadeite is the king of jade, how to choose jadeite?

People wear jade not for simple decoration, nor merely to show external beauty, but more importantly, it reflects one's spiritual world and cultivation pattern, and it expresses Taoism and virtue. It requires a gentleman to use the qualities of jade to demand himself and regulate his words and deeds. Therefore, since ancient times, Chinese people have held jade in high esteem. Loving jade and loving people, and wearing jade and being a good person are completely unified.

Jadeite is the king of jade and the only internationally recognized gem-grade jade. It has incomparable characteristics and advantages over many other jade varieties.

Jade is a precious gem and is known as the king of jade. Main components: It is an aggregate composed of jadeite minerals or other sodium pyroxenes with higher jadeite molecules, also known as sodium aluminum pyroxene, and is also accompanied by small amounts of other pyroxenes, amphibole, albite and other minerals.

Generally speaking, the evaluation of jade includes color, clarity, cut, cracks, structure, transparency, weight and other aspects.

1. The quality of jadeite:

The type of jade refers to the coarseness and transparency of its structure. The type is an important symbol for evaluating the quality of jadeite, and its importance is no less than that of color. In fact, there is a saying that laymen look at color, while experts look at type. When choosing jadeite, one is not afraid of no color, but afraid of no type. This saying does not mean that green is not important, but that jadeite that is only green and opaque gives people a dry feeling and lacks a kind of spirituality. Therefore, jadeite with type can not only make light-colored jadeite appear warm and crystal clear, but also make jadeite with uniform and full green color look watery, clear and full of spirituality.

2. Jadeite color:

Judging from the color: Jade has many colors, the most common ones include green, purple, red, yellow, gray, black, white and so on. Among these colors, the most valuable is green, followed by purple, then red and yellow, and the relatively worthless color is gray. It can be said that as long as gray enters the color of jade, it will produce a "dirty" feeling and reduce the value of jade. For example, if green, purple or yellow jade contains gray, the value of jade will definitely decrease. Among them, the green one is the best variety. If a piece of jade has green, red and violet, it is also a very rare jade. Color is the most difficult to distinguish, and many factors can cause interference, such as light, angle, brightness and darkness, etc.!

3. Jade carving:

As the saying goes, "If jade is not carved, it will not be made into a useful object." The carving of traditional jade jewelry focuses on the meaning and the state of mind. The shape does not necessarily require the correct structural proportions of the object, as long as it is pleasing to the eye. In addition, China's traditional carving techniques are generally passed down from master to apprentice. The apprentice learns what the master teaches, so the themes of the small accessories are completely traditional. The specific carved images are mostly bats, beasts, bamboo, pine, plum, deer, ruyi, ganoderma lucidum, flowers and leaves, autumn fruits, money, longevity peaches, etc. These images are combined to express good luck and good fortune. To appreciate jadeite jewelry, one must appreciate its connotation based on traditional culture in order to feel the aura and magic of jade. The better carvings are found in Jieyang, Guangdong. The effect and value of the same piece of material carved by different masters can differ several times.

4. Defects of Jadeite:

As far as the current jade industry is concerned, our current understanding of the defects of jade is that jade products generally have the following defects: cracks, jade texture, cracks, stone patterns (stone flowers), variegated colors, black spots (dirty spots), etc. Although there is a saying that "a flaw does not outweigh the merits", I personally still think it is better not to buy jade with cracks.

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