Jadeite Selection Guide

Jade is becoming more and more popular among people. Wearing jade is now fashionable and brings physical and mental pleasure. Fashionable ladies wear a pair of dark green earrings, a necklace, a bracelet, and a ring; they show their status and taste; men wear a pendant and play with a charm in their spare time, which is so pleasant; after becoming wealthy, they collect one or more jade collections and feel that their life is fulfilling, rich, and happy.

There are a wide variety of jadeite in society today. You can find jadeite when shopping, traveling, and in the market. Jadeite comes in varying prices and quality. How can you get satisfactory jadeite based on your own ability? Here is some common sense that may benefit you.

Playing with jade is nothing more than playing with its type, water content, color, and workmanship. For example, the type can be divided into glass type, ice type, and glutinous rice type; the color can be divided into positive green, spinach green, etc.; the workmanship can be divided into Suzhou craftsmanship, Guangdong craftsmanship, Fujian craftsmanship, etc. Below, taking bracelets as an example, I will introduce some simple common sense to collectors about jadeite collection.

Let’s talk about the grade first. The old mine glass type of jadeite usually has a glassy luster, its texture is delicate, pure and flawless, and its color is pure, bright, rich and uniform emerald green. Old pit jade is mainly composed of a metamorphic structure with fiber interwoven, and the hard main grains are very fine. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to see the "jade quality" with the naked eye. Old pit jade is translucent or transparent under light and is the best jade. I classify this kind of jade as gem grade, which is generally worth millions or even tens of millions of yuan.

Full green glass jadeite bracelet

Full white glass jadeite bracelet

Ice jade is also a top-grade jade, and is also old pit jade. I classify it as jewelry grade, and it is generally worth more than 100,000 yuan. The outer surface has a good luster, dense crystal particles, translucent to transparent, clear like ice, and fine quality. Ice jade bracelets are beautiful and elegant, with a bright green color, and are especially popular among female friends. Ice jade is the second best type of jade. Its characteristics are second only to glass jade. It is translucent, fine in texture, and often contains "white cotton" in the form of dots or small clumps. The factors that determine the price of ice jade bracelets are mainly color and clarity. The less "white cotton" the jade has, the purer it is and the higher its value is accordingly. The greener the color, the higher the price.

Icy green jadeite bracelet

Ice Flower Jade Bracelet (also called White Ice)

The glutinous rice variety is second only to the ice variety. It has a very fine texture and is also a good variety of jade. Its color is like glutinous rice, hence the name. The color is slightly yellowish, and its transparency is not as good as that of ice type. The price is generally over 10,000 yuan, and it is called jewelry grade.

Glutinous rice jadeite full green bracelet

Glutinous rice jadeite bracelet with white base

Glutinous rice jadeite bracelet with white base

Bean-type jade is a type of jade . The name is very vivid: most of them are short columnar, just like beans arranged inside the jade , and the interface between these crystals can be seen with the naked eye. Because of its rough grains, the appearance of the jade piece is inevitably rough, and its gloss and transparency are often poor, and it is usually referred to as "water-dry" in the jade industry. Some with a green color are called "Bean Green" or "Light Bean"; some with a green color are called "Bean Green...". This kind of jade costs several thousand yuan, and I call it a common product.

Bean-seed full green jadeite bracelet

Bean-shaped green jadeite bracelet

In addition to these, jade also has folded flower green jade, folded oil green jade, violet jade, white base green jade, folded horse tooth jade, lotus root powder jade, dry white jade and so on. It will be enough to have a general understanding of the glass type, ice type, glutinous rice type, and bean type.

If it is a jade bracelet, tap it gently with other jade or a coin, and the A-grade jade will make a crisp and pleasant sound. A-grade jade refers to natural jade that has not undergone chemical treatments such as filling and coloring. There is a consensus in the industry that it is commonly called A-grade jade. After years of wearing, A-grade jadeite is in constant contact and friction with human skin, the jade will become more moisturized, and the human body will also benefit from it, and the wearer will also feel happy. This is what people often say, "People nourish jade, and jade nourishes people." People and jade can nourish each other and communicate with each other.

When buying jadeite, first choose A-grade jade, and then choose the type according to your financial strength and preferences, such as glass type, ice type, glutinous rice type, or bean type. After choosing the species, you can choose the color according to your preference, such as: green, green with green, white, etc. The same can be said about the price.

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