When buying jade, many jade lovers will ask friends or merchants for many methods of identifying jade. In fact, some methods are unscientific and may even cause damage to the jade during the identification process. So don’t try the following methods.

Method 1: Wrap your hair around jade and burn it

Wrap hair around jade and burn it. This method seems to be quite popular. Wrap hair around jade and burn it with a lighter. If it breaks, it is fake. If it does not break, it is real. We learned in elementary school that flames are divided into inner flame and outer flame. The temperature of the outer flame is much higher than that of the inner flame. No matter how good the thermal conductivity of jade is, it cannot prevent the temperature of the outer flame from instantly killing your hair.

Method 2: The cooler the jade is, the better.

There is also a saying that real jade will be cooler when placed in the hand. If you think about it carefully, you will know that using coolness as a basis for identification is not sufficient. Coolness is our sense of touch, and this sense of touch will change with changes in the temperature of human hands.

Method 3: The jade that can scratch glass is real jade

Many people will tell customers that jade is very hard and that anything that can scratch glass is jade. It should be well known that glass is quartz. The Mohs hardness of quartz is 7, while the hardness of jade is 6.5-7. The hardness of glass is consistent in every direction, while the cleavage surface of jade has poor hardness, so it may be damaged to a certain extent during the process of scratching the glass.

Many gemstones with high hardness can scratch glass, so whether jadeite can scratch glass cannot be used as a basis for identification.

Method 4: The one with a crisp sound when knocked is the real jadeite

Some people use the sound of knocking jade to judge its authenticity. In fact, the crisp sound of knocking is not only related to the quality of the jade itself, such as the density of jade, stone pattern, etc.; it is also closely related to whether the knocking method is scientific and reasonable, and people's judgment and sensitivity to sound. This method is more applicable to bracelets, but not feasible for jade ring faces, inlaid items, etc.

Method 5: Boil in boiling water to identify

Identification of jadeite by boiling it in boiling water is a jadeite identification method that was once popular on the Internet. It says to wait for the water to boil, then put the jadeite in and boil it for a few minutes. If the water changes color, it can be confirmed that the jade has been dyed; if there are colloids floating on the water surface, it has been filled; and it doesn't matter how real natural jade is boiled.

Not to mention whether this method can really distinguish the real from the fake, this destructive identification method itself has great risks. Jade is most afraid of sudden temperature changes. If jade is suddenly put into boiling water, it is very likely to cause it to break or crack inside, affecting its quality.

It is recommended that you look around more when buying jadeite, and the most important thing is to choose a reputable merchant. Moreover, all products can be tested. With modern technology, jadeite is very easy to identify.

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