Learn these 6 tips for choosing jadeite, and you will never be a novice again

As jade, which has been passed down for nearly a hundred years, becomes gradually more popular, more and more people like to collect jade. However, many people are confused about jadeite. They think that jadeite is very complicated and difficult to master. When dealing with several different types of jadeite, they feel hesitant and cannot tell which one is better. Today, let’s learn 6 commonly mentioned tricks to avoid being a jadeite novice.

1. Compare seeds

“Good quality jade can cover up three flaws” vividly shows the importance of jade quality. The "type" of jadeite refers to the texture of jadeite. What affects the texture of jade is the crystal particles of jade. The smaller the particles, the better the texture. The better the quality of jade, the higher its market value!

2. Water

The water head of jade refers to its transparency or luster level. As the saying goes, "experts look at the water head, laymen look at the color tone." Water head is a phenomenon that laymen easily overlook when choosing jade, and it is also the area that should be paid the most attention to. To put it simply, water head refers to the transparency of jadeite.

1 point of water: Use a focusing flashlight to shine directly from the surface of the jade piece into the jadeite, and the light transmittance should reach about 3.3 mm.

2 points of water: Use a focusing flashlight to shine directly from the surface of the jade piece into the inside of the jadeite, and the light transmittance reaches about 6.6 mm.

3 points of water: Use a focusing flashlight to shine directly from the surface of the jade piece into the jadeite, and the light transmittance should reach about 10 mm.

Generally speaking, jadeite with 2 points of water is very transparent, 1 point of water is what is often called semi-transparent, and jadeite with a translucency of less than 1 mm is referred to as poor water or dry water.

3. Bottom

Many friends easily confuse the "base" and "type" of jade. The bottom of jadeite refers to the degree of flocs, black spots, and other colors of jadeite. Many jade stones have high transparency, but their market price is not high. This is because the "bottom" of the jade stone is at work.

4. Colorimetry

The first step everyone needs to understand is that the darker the color of jade is, the better. On the contrary, the brighter the color, the better. The color of jade is deep and dark rather than light and bright. The more green parts and how evenly distributed they are, the higher its market value. If the transparency is high, the color is very bright and evenly distributed, the market price is generally around one million, such as glass-type imperial green jadeite.

5. Comparison

The importance of jadeite and jade carvings is not obvious when comparing the value of plain jadeite, but its impact on jadeite flower pieces is particularly important. Jade carving techniques include relief, round carving, and hollow carving. In fact, no matter which one, when carving jadeite, the three major criteria of "cleverness, beauty and precision" must be met to the greatest extent possible. Comparing the craftsmanship of jadeite, if the workmanship is exquisite and the pattern design is delicate, it is the best jadeite masterpiece.

6. Compare size and thickness

When selecting jadeite, you also need to compare the size and thickness of the two. Although large pieces of jade are more valuable, their size must be scientifically reasonable and artistically beautiful. If they are just large in size but lack artistic beauty, then their market price will be slightly lower. Jadeite that is thick, round and well-proportioned will be more expensive.

By mastering the above six tips, you can basically understand the value benchmark of jadeite. But don't be proud. There is still a lot of professional knowledge in the field of jadeite. Jadeite is a very important subject. You need to accumulate more relevant experience. Only if you have real skills and knowledge, you will not be easily deceived by others.

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