What is coated jade? Why can’t we buy this kind of jade!

Nowadays, the resources of fine jade have become extremely scarce, and good jade is in great demand, causing many unscrupulous merchants to use various artificial methods to make some inferior jewelry look better. Everyone is familiar with color addition and glue injection, but do you know about "coating"?

What is coated jade?

As the name suggests, coated jade is a piece of jewelry that has been dressed in clothes and colored . In fact, this technology has appeared more than 20 years ago and is a coloring technology. People usually choose to make accessories that are colorless or have better water content.

Apply something called clear water paint evenly on the surface of the ornament. After it dries, a green film will form on its surface, making the ornament appear like a natural color.

Why can't you buy coated jade?

Coated jade has another alias called "dressed jade", which is a layer of film coated on the surface of jade to make the jade look more colorful, beautiful and lustrous. It can be disguised as high-end jade and sold. It is very deceptive, and many people who don't know much about it can be easily deceived. Because its value is not high, it is not recommended to spend money to buy it!

Coated jewelry is quite deceptive in terms of visual appearance. It looks very beautiful and gives a very moist and lustrous feeling, which is very similar to high-end jewelry, so it is difficult to distinguish it with your own eyes. Sometimes, even with a color filter, you can't find anything wrong with it.

Therefore, it is quite difficult to distinguish it, and one must master the corresponding identification skills in order to avoid being deceived. If you are really not sure, you should send it to a quality inspection center for a certificate. Generally, they can directly detect whether it is coated jadeite. How about it? Now you know what coated jade is!