What kind of jade is good jade? How to buy?

People who like jade have probably heard the saying “experts look at the quality, laymen look at the color.” What kind of jade is good jade? Many people are particularly confused about whether they should look at the quality of the jade, the color, or the craftsmanship.

First, the type (water) of jadeite

When talking about jade, we have to talk about the type (water) of jade. The most commonly heard ones are glutinous type, ice type, and glass type. In fact, there are many types of jade, and each piece of raw stone has its own characteristics when it is cut open. It is difficult for natural things to be exactly the same. An ancient Greek philosopher once said: There are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, and similarly there are no two jades in the world that are exactly the same. The industry even uses thirty-six waters, seventy-two beans, and one hundred and eight blues to describe the diverse variations in the water color of jadeite.

The name of "glutinous" is very vivid. Glutinous jade is similar to glutinous rice porridge. Glutinous rice porridge can be thick or light, and even contain rice oil. The degree of dissolution of glutinous rice in the glutinous rice porridge is also different. The longer it is cooked, the finer the glutinous rice grains are. Similar glutinous jade is also a general term for a type of jade, which can be generally divided into glutinous type, glutinous type, and high-glutinous type. The finer the crystal grains of jade, and the more transparent the jade, the more complete the jadeification and the higher the grade! The first picture below is the glutinous variety, the second is the glutinous variety, and the third is the highly glutinous variety.

Ice type is probably the most heard type. It is named ice type because it looks like ice. The crystal particles of ice are coarse and fine. Ice type jade is also divided into ice type and high ice type! Ice jade is a high-end jade. An ice jade bracelet with floating flowers costs at least six thousand yuan. As for the ice jade bracelet that the host asked for three to five thousand yuan in the live broadcast, I have no idea what it is. The first picture below is ice type, and the second picture is high ice type.

Glass-type jadeite is often seen at auctions. It is top-grade jadeite and is very expensive. As transparent as glass, the crystals are so fine that they are invisible to the naked eye.

In addition to the commonly heard glutinous type, ice type, and glass type, there are many other types such as oil green type, hibiscus type, bottom of the bar, iron water, dragon stone type, etc. The older the jade, the better. Old jade is hard and lustrous, and it becomes brighter the more you wear it. This is why experts look at the species while laymen look at the color. The picture below is a dragon stone species.

The water of jade actually refers to the transparency of jade. This is easy to understand. The more transparent the jade is, the more water it contains. However, it has to be based on a certain thickness. Jade with a thickness of less than 3mm is called thin water material. The thinner it is, the more transparent it looks. There are even some inlaid jades that are only 1mm thick. These thin jades are not good jades. When choosing jadeite, you should choose one with a thickness of more than 5mm. What you buy when buying jadeite is the jade itself, not anything else. Of course, the more sufficient the material, the better.

Second, the color of jadeite

Jade is colorful, red jade and green jade. Each color has appropriate shades and competes with each other in beauty.

Jade has all the colors found in nature, with green, the main color of nature, being the most prominent, and full of vitality. This is also one of the reasons why jadeite can become the king of jade. And there are many kinds of green, such as dark green and light green.

Green is the most respected colour in jadeite, and purple is the most valuable. Purple jade is also called violet and belongs to the same color as camellia jade. The colors of toon are divided into purple toon, peach toon and rose toon. Jade will change color under different angles and lighting conditions. The higher the grade, the more obvious the change. Camellia jade is particularly sensitive to light, which is why violet jade is more expensive than other colors. Picture one is violet, picture two is peach blossom toon, pictures three and four are different colors of the same peace locket. The color change of living jade is real. The star of the jade world, the Zhaoyi Star, which is worth 600 million yuan, has different shades of purple when photographed from different angles. The jade that does not fade in light that the anchors often talk about is abnormal.

Third, is carving important?

When a piece of raw stone is cut, the first thing we consider making into bracelets is making. If bracelets cannot be made, we consider making pendants and beads. If all else fails, we will make them into ornaments. No cuts will be made unless there are cracks. Therefore, only good materials can be used to make bracelets, peace buckles, peace pendants and other rarely carved finished products. Of course, masters' works are counted separately.

Fourth, how to choose jadeite

Jade is a naturally formed gemstone. The more beautiful the natural thing is, the more expensive it is. The price can range from a few thousand to hundreds of millions, so choose within your budget and don't buy fakes. Please refer to the picture below for jade quality and corresponding prices. If it is too cheap, you will be cheated; if it is too expensive, you will be ripped off. The resources of jadeite raw stones are depleted. At the just-concluded 57th Myanmar Public Auction, 21 kilograms of raw stones were sold at a sky-high price of 130 million yuan. The price of flour has increased, and the price of bread will also increase!

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