What are the variations of jade?

In the process of purchasing jade or coming into contact with jade, I believe that many jade lovers have more or less heard some industry jargon or professional terms. For example, jade variant, do you know what it means?

▲ Natural Grade A Jadeite

In fact, the so-called jade variation is a change that may occur in jade itself. Specifically, it refers to the evaporation of crystal water inside jade, which in turn causes the water head to become dry, the seed quality to become coarser, the color to become lighter, and the color to become yellow and black.

▲ Natural Grade A Jadeite

Generally speaking, jadeite with fine and moist quality, such as ice jadeite, is basically unlikely to mutate as long as it is worn reasonably and properly maintained, because most of this type of jadeite is old, and old jadeite has high density, full water head and strong wear resistance.

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On the contrary, some tender jadeite, or jadeite with insufficient water head, coarse crystal grains, and a loose structure, the liquid adsorbent in the gaps between the crystals can easily evaporate, causing mutations and reducing the overall texture of the jadeite.

▲ Natural Grade A Jadeite

In fact, relatively speaking, variation is just a normal phenomenon that may occur in all kinds of minerals. But for jadeite, whose quality has a profound impact on its value, when variation acts on jadeite, its value is greatly affected, so we have to take it seriously.