Five major standards to teach you how to quickly choose jadeite!

Jadeite, the king of jades, is beautiful, unique, and has a certain collection value. Therefore, since it became popular in the Qing Dynasty, it has become increasingly loved and sought after.

We know that jadeite with excellent quality and water is the king of jade. It is beautiful, unique, and has a certain collection value. Therefore, since it became popular in the Qing Dynasty, it has become increasingly loved and sought after.

We know that the value of the full green treasures with excellent quality and water is immeasurable. In the past five years, Poly Auction Hong Kong alone has successfully sold jade treasures worth a total of HK$600 million, so you can imagine how precious they are.

Of course, not all jade is worth collecting, and low-grade jade often has little room for appreciation. This means that if you want to buy jade for collection, you need to evaluate its value in advance. So, how to measure the value of jadeite? The following five criteria will help you.

1. Color

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Jade comes in a variety of colors, including colorless, green, purple, yellow, red, blue, black, white, and combined colors. In the case where color is the only variable factor, green jade is the most valuable. The greener the color, the higher the price. White is the most common.

Of course, there are specific standards for judging the quality of pure jadeite color, namely whether it has the five major characteristics of “positive, rich, bright, uniform, and lively”. If these requirements can be met, the jade will be pure, clear, evenly translucent, with excellent water content and will be very valuable. But such treasures are rare, and they are usually lacking in some aspect.

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As the saying goes, "A one-point difference in color means a ten-fold difference in price." When purchasing jadeite on a daily basis, you can carefully observe the color of the jadeite under natural light, and try to select jadeite that maintains a high standard in the above five major standards, so that it can have greater room for appreciation. In addition, in addition to pure color jadeite, high-quality combination color or Fu Lu Shou jadeite is also valuable.

2. Seed

Jade varieties are diverse, the most common ones are glass, ice, glutinous, oily green, hibiscus, and white-bottom green. Whether the jade quality is fine often depends on whether the mineral particles inside are small and whether the gaps between the particles are densely combined. If the quality is fine, the jade will look more lustrous and warmer on the surface.

On the contrary, if the mineral particles inside the jade are obvious to the naked eye, the structure is too rough, or even distributed in blocks, its texture is certainly poor and it is a low-grade jade.

Generally speaking, when the only variable factor is the quality, glass-type jade is very fine, clear and crystal, with the best quality. The second is ice-type jade, which also has good texture and full water content, but is also relatively rare. The value of common white-based green jadeite is often not very high because its quality is relatively rough and turbid.

3. Water

Water refers to water head, which refers to the transparency of jadeite and has an indispensable influence on measuring the value of jadeite. There is a saying in the industry: laymen look at the color, experts look at the water head. The better the transparency of jadeite and the more water it has, the higher its price will be, and its future value will be immeasurable.

For example, precious glass-type or ice-type jadeite has good water content and looks crystal clear and gorgeous, like a living dragon, very spiritual, and beautiful and vivid. On the contrary, if the jade has poor water content, looks dry, has poor luster, or even has no luster, it is a low-grade jade. Although it is cheap, it has basically no room for appreciation.

4. Work

The ancients said: Good jade does not need to be carved; there is also a saying: If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful object. The two seem contradictory, but in fact there is no conflict. Generally speaking, high-quality jadeite raw stone has excellent quality and water, and no obvious impurities or stone patterns. There is no need to cover or remove flaws through carving, so it can maintain its natural appearance to the greatest extent, reduce raw material consumption, and have a higher value.

But if the quality is slightly inferior, or there are cracks or defects, then a suitable carving theme and exquisite carving craftsmanship can add a lot of color to it and make it more valuable. Therefore, for jade carvings, whether the craftsmanship is exquisite naturally becomes a crucial consideration criterion.

5. Perfection

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Whether jade is perfect is related to its clarity. Simply put, it is whether there are defects such as stone flowers, black spots, stone patterns, and cracks. If it exists, the beauty of the jade will definitely be affected, and the price will naturally be greatly reduced.

However, as a natural mineral, it is too demanding to expect perfection. If it is available, the price is often beyond the reach of ordinary people. Therefore, white cotton and fine lines are still acceptable normal phenomena, of course it also depends on the size and number of the blemishes.

If there are serious cracks, they can be seen with the naked eye under normal lighting, and even when you scratch the surface of the jade with your fingernails, there is a noticeable sense of obstruction. In this case, the appreciation potential of this type of jade is very limited. It is also more fragile and easy to break, so it is not recommended to buy.

As the saying goes, "Gold has a price but jade is priceless." The value of jade is difficult to assess. We can only estimate its value based on the currently accepted standards. However, this is a profound subject. Without rich experience, it is only superficial to talk about it on paper. We still need to learn more and accumulate experience.

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