There are several ways to counterfeit jadeite raw stones. Be careful when gambling on jadeite!

I believe many people have heard of gambling on stones. Although gambling on stones contains the word "gambling", it is actually not illegal. Because gambling on jadeite is a term in the jewelry industry, it is a way of trading jadeite raw stones and is popular in the Yunnan-Myanmar border area.

The reason why jadeite raw stone is called gambling stone is that its surface is often covered with a skin of varying thickness and colors. It is filled with too many unknowns, making it difficult to understand the truth. It is difficult to see the actual situation inside the raw stone from the outer shell, so there is a saying that "even gods cannot understand an inch of jade". Even if the skin has been cut, the jade is still full of variables until it is cut into a jade article. This inherent gambling nature often brings huge risks to the transaction, so the transaction process of jadeite raw stone is called "gambling on stone".

Gambling on stones involves high risks, hence the saying “one cut makes you poor, one cut makes you rich, and one cut makes you wear linen.” There is no shortage of dramatic gambling stories in the gambling stone market. Some people go from being worth millions to being heavily in debt, while others go from being destitute to being extremely wealthy. All of these add a veil of mystery to gambling stone.

Generally speaking, jade "gambles" on skills. First, you have to polish the stone. This is an ancient rule that is effective and safe. If you cut without finding the right position, the green color will run away and you may easily lose the bet. When polishing stone, the main things to look at are the fog, base and color. Because of the rubbed edge, you can shine a light and look inside to judge the depth, width, and intensity of the green.

The order of polishing the stone is: first, polish the rough ones; second, polish the dry ones; third, polish the rusty ones; fourth, polish the loose ones. There is only one purpose for polishing the stone, which is to find the true green color. The next step for the polished raw stone is cutting. As the saying goes, polishing does not count as an increase in value, only cutting does. Stone cutting is the most critical step in gambling on stones. The conclusion of winning or losing can only be determined after the stone is split open.

There is also grinding stone, which is used for polishing to fully show the transparency, so that people can see its good color or water quality. There are two ways to grind a stone. One is hidden grinding, where the stone has no signs of being rubbed or cut, and no natural fractures. The second is half clear and half gambled, that is, there are knocks, rubs, or small gaps on the stone, and you can see part of the color or bottom water of the stone, but other parts are still unknown and more likely to be gambled.

In addition, when gambling on stones, you need to be aware that the raw stones can also be fake. There are many ways to fake raw stones, and it is easy to make mistakes if you are not careful. Therefore, you must be especially careful when gambling on stones! There are several common ways to fake jadeite raw stones:

1. Fake openings: Cut a small hole on the colorless, low-grade gambling stone with poor water head, and paste a thin slice of high-quality emerald green on it to pass off the inferior product as the superior one. During the appraisal, the adhesive marks around the opening (door), the shape of the gap and the impact of temperature differences on it should be carefully checked.

2. Fake skin: stick inferior materials, waste stones, and fakes with high-quality jade skin, and then bury them in soil soaked in acid and alkali to make them look like "real leather" and cover up the artificial traces. When identifying, first clean it with water, check every point and surface of the skin, don't miss any tiny pores, seams, and holes, and compare changes in color and particle size.

3. Making fake colors: using brine and dyeing to turn colorless and light-colored materials into bright emerald green, and also using methods such as waxing, painting, and deep mud. When identifying, use a color filter to observe when the color turns red, and use a magnifying glass to observe the color distribution changes. Artificial coloring is dark in small cracks, and light or colorless in other parts. Wash, warm slightly and observe the changes.

4. Making a fake core: dig out a part of the core of high-grade jadeite, leaving the high-grade jadeite near the skin, then inject lead and other substances into it and seal the incision. When measuring weight during identification, if it is too heavy or too light, it may be a fake. For the outer skin, you can use a chain or knife to scratch the suspicious spots to see if there are any soft objects and look for signs of sticking.

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