To play with jadeite, at least learn some basic knowledge about jadeite first

Jadeite, also known as jadeite jade, jadeite and Burmese jade, is a type of jade. The correct definition of jadeite is a fibrous aggregate composed of pyroxene minerals, mainly jadeite minerals. But jadeite is not the same as jadeite. Jade is a stone polycrystalline aggregate that reaches the jade grade under geological action. It is mainly composed of jadeite or jadeite and sodium (sodium chrome pyroxene) and sodium calcium pyroxene (diopside). It may contain amphibole, feldspar, chromite, limonite, etc.

In ancient times, jadeite was a bird that lived in the south. It had very beautiful feathers, usually in colors such as blue, green, red, and brown. Generally, the male of this bird is red, called "fei", and the female is green, called "cui". The Tengyue Local Chronicles written by Cun Kaitai records: "Teng is the gathering place of jade, with thousands of jade craftsmen making utensils and selling them to various provinces in Yunnan. The best quality jade is mostly sent to eastern Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Kyoto. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were more than a hundred jade workshops and more than three thousand jade carving craftsmen in the city of Tengchong alone. The utensils they carved were sold to various provinces in Yunnan. The best quality jade is mostly sent to eastern Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Kyoto. The Tengyue Local Chronicles records that the jade is produced in Menggong and Myitkyina, Myanmar, which is only 150 kilometers away from the Yunnan border of our country. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, this place was under the jurisdiction of Yongchang Prefecture (now Baoshan City, Yunnan Province). Due to historical reasons, jadeite, known as the "Oriental Treasure", has been imported into my country through border towns such as Tengchong and Ruili in Yunnan for four or five hundred years.

Origin of the name

There are several theories about the origin of the name of jadeite. One theory is that it comes from the name of a bird. The feathers of this bird are very bright. The male's feathers are red, and it is called the jadeite bird (also known as the red-feathered bird). The female's feathers are green, and it is called the kingfisher (also known as the green-feathered bird). Together they are called jadeite, so there is a saying in the industry that jadeite is male and kingfisher is female. During the Ming Dynasty, after Burmese jade was introduced to China, it was named "jadeite". Another theory is that in ancient times "Cui" specifically referred to the green jade produced in Hotan, Xinjiang. After jadeite was introduced to China, in order to distinguish it from the green jade from Hotan, it was called "fei cui", and later gradually evolved into "jadeite".

In ancient China, the jadeite was a bird that lived in the south. It had beautiful feathers, usually in colors such as blue, green, red, and brown. Generally, the male of this bird is red, called "fei", and the female is green, called "cui". This word appeared in Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Fei, a red-feathered bird; Cui, a green-feathered bird", referring to a bird in the Lingnan region. Chen Ziang, a famous Tang Dynasty poet, wrote in his poem "Ganyu": "Emeralds nest in the South China Sea, male and female pearl trees in the woods...beautiful jewelry, luxuriant brocade quilts."

The name of jadeite has a long history. It is recorded in Volume 2 of Guitianlu by Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty: "I (Ouyang Xiu) have a jade jar at home. It is of very ancient and exquisite shape. It was first obtained by Mei Shengyu, who thought it was green jade. When I was in Yingzhou, I showed it to my colleagues. There was a military commander named Deng Baoji, who was an old eunuch in the Zhenzong Dynasty. He recognized it and said: This is a treasure, called jadeite. He said that all the treasures in the Forbidden City are stored in the Yisheng Treasury, and there is a jadeite cup in the treasury, so he recognized it." It can be seen that using "jadeite" to refer to green jade has a long history, and at least in the Northern Song Dynasty, it has been regarded as a treasure. Perhaps the "jadeite" in ancient times and the "jadeite" today are the same name but different in nature, so Ji Xiaolan said that when he was young, people "did not regard it as jade."

In the early days, jadeite was not precious and its value was not high. It was not valued by the world. Ji Xiaolan (1724-1805) wrote in Notes from the Yuewei Thatched Cottage: "The value of things is determined by the fashion of the time. When I was young, ginseng, coral, and lapis lazuli were not expensive. Now... Yunnan jade was not considered jade at that time. It was just like Lantian dry yellow jade, which was forcibly named as jade. Now it is a treasure, and its price is far higher than that of real jade." According to Shiya, at the beginning of this century, a jade stone weighing about 45 kilograms was worth eleven pounds. Jade stones are full of essence and were very expensive at the time, but compared with the 700,000 or 800,000 US dollars per kilogram of top-grade jade in the early 21st century, it is nothing.

Over the long years, our ancestors created many auspicious patterns that symbolize their yearning and pursuit for a better life. These auspicious patterns incorporate the appreciation habits of the working people and reflect people's kind and healthy thoughts and feelings. Therefore, they are widely circulated in society and are loved by people. Auspicious patterns have been widely used on jadeite throughout the ages. “Wearing gold shows wealth, wearing jade ensures safety.” The auspicious patterns carved on jade are vivid and lifelike, and varied. The materials include figures, objects, animals, plants, etc. The contents expressed include praying for good fortune, longevity, safety, many children and grandchildren, promotion and wealth. Jade is a treasure in the hands of the Chinese, and it is also the soul in their hearts. Gold and silver have their price, jade has its destiny. The categories of jade carvings include jade Buddha, Ruyi, peace knot, bamboo joints, longevity lock, lucky beans, Pixiu and so on. It has rich meanings, such as a happy marriage, dragon and phoenix auspiciousness, good fortune and longevity, top honors, three consecutive promotions, and good luck.

Top Ten Famous Pitfalls

Based on relevant information, this article briefly introduces the origin of Myanmar raw stones for your reference:

1: The ones with messy texture are new from the factory, without skin, good water content and bottom quality, and with white mist. It mainly produces violet and red jadeite.

2. Phakant is a famous historical mine and was mined the earliest. The skin of Hpakant is thin, mainly grayish white and yellowish white, with fine crystals, good quality, high transparency and full color.

3: The skin of the gray card is variegated, mainly gray-green and gray-black, with varying degrees of transparency, and uneven distribution of the bottom of the water, but the water is often better in places with green.

4: Mameng is also called Wushahei. Wushahei is black with gray. The bottom of the water is generally poor, and it often contains black silk or white fog, and the green is bluish.

5. Wood chopping, also known as knife chopping, is mostly brown-gray, yellow-red in color. Generally, the water and bottom are good, but there is often white fog and yellow fog.

6: The skin of Mogang is relatively coarse, and the skin color is gray-yellow or gray-white; the water and bottom are both good, with few cracks. It is a high-quality emerald variety with green or full green and green as the center. It rarely contains impurities, and glass bottom is more common, but the output is small.

Seven: The skin of the self-walled mulberry is mainly yellow-gray, the water bottom is good, there are few cracks, but there is white fog. Its products are famous for their blue flower water.

8: Longtang, also known as Longkeng, is mainly composed of yellow sand skin or grayish-white fish skin, and the skin is relatively coarse. Most of the water and bottom are good, the green color is very pure, and high-quality emerald materials are often produced.

Nine: Massa is from a new factory, with no skin or little skin, a lighter green color, and varying degrees of water and bottom. It is mainly used as material for low-grade Burmese jade bracelets or large ornaments.

10: Houjiang, also known as Kandi, is divided into Laohoujiang and Xinhoujiang, both of which are produced in the riverbed impact sand. Among them, Laohoujiang is produced from the bottom of the impact layer.

Identification of Jade Bracelets

Jadeite, as the most expensive jade, has always been a hot topic for people to pursue and collect. However, jade comes in many varieties and is complex to identify, so if you are not careful, you may be deceived. Therefore, when identifying jade bracelets, you must be extra careful to avoid being mistaken for inferior products or fakes.

Most jadeite with good water quality has small clusters, but they are small and not obvious, which is different from the porphyritic crystals. It is not very transparent and has fibrous crystals interwoven to form a flower shape, commonly known as stone flowers.

Jade is divided into A-grade, B-grade and C-grade jade. A-grade jade means that it has not undergone any artificial chemical treatment during the process of jade mining to processing and shaping, and its quality and color are all natural. B-grade jade refers to jade that has been injected with glue to make it from opaque to transparent, destroying the jade structure and changing the quality of the jade. This kind of B-grade jade will become unrecognizable after a long time. C-grade jade is artificially dyed jade, so there is no need to look at it too closely. B+C goods can be understood as jade that has been injected with glue and dyed, which is even more undesirable.

Put the bracelet under fluorescent light and observe the changes in the jade beads. Normally, there is no special change between A-grade jade beads and C-grade jade beads. However, C-grade jade beads are artificially dyed, so the color will not be very uniform, especially at the cracks, which will appear to be significantly darker. B-grade jade will appear white under fluorescence, which is the result of artificial processing. Only A-grade jade will remain transparent and crystal clear. Jade bracelets of different qualities must meet different grade standards, otherwise their authenticity will be in doubt.

If there are a lot of white cotton-like things inside the beads, like foam, and you can't see the spots under a magnifying glass, it is possible that they are impersonating "water foam". Some jadeite has good water content, but has blue striped patterns and is gray-green in color. It may be "Kunjiu", which is much cheaper than real jadeite.

How to choose jade bracelets

If you want to buy a perfect jade bracelet, it is not enough to just know whether it is real or fake, because quality is the life of jade. The price varies greatly depending on the quality. Therefore, when purchasing bracelets, special attention should be paid to quality. If you don’t know how to focus on quality, you might as well choose according to the following aspects.

Avoid cracks

Cracks are the fatal flaw of jadeite. For jadeite of the same grade, a crack may reduce its value by half. Therefore, when purchasing a bracelet, you can prepare a flashlight and shine it on the beads to see if there are any cracks.

Is the water head good?

The so-called water head is a term used by experts, which refers to the transparency of jadeite. Generally, good water head requires less impurities and high transparency, so that the quality is relatively high. When you look at it, you can pick up a bead and shine it under strong light. Good jadeite is one that has uniform particle size, few impurities and high purity.

Land barriers are crucial

The ground barrier is also called "ground", which refers to the degree of color coordination between the green part of the jade and other parts, such as whether it is clean and whether there are impurities. It is usually associated with "water head" and "type". If all three are perfect, it can be called high-end jadeite. The structure of the ground barrier requires natural and uniform color, without too many impurities, and a little transparency, which can be regarded as a good "ground" and will be called "glass ground", "egg white ground" or "glutinous ground" according to the variety. If the ground barrier has impurities, opacity and other problems, it is called "dry ground" and the jadeite will also be called "lime ground" or "dog shit ground", etc., and its quality will naturally be very average.

Jadeite should be old

"Species" is an important indicator of jade quality. Jade produced from new mines is called new species. Generally, its quality is loose in texture, uneven in grain size, and has impurities and cracks. Its grade is not as good as old species. The old type of jade has a delicate structure and high hardness. Through strong light, you can see that the particle size is uniform and the transparency is very high. Therefore, only by buying old types of jadeite can you enjoy great potential for appreciation.

The appearance of beads has a saying

The beads of bracelets are mostly round, with diameters ranging from 4 to 18 mm. When purchasing jade bracelets, in addition to choosing beads of a suitable size, you should also consider whether the beads are full. Beads that are full and round are of higher quality. As for color, bright and colorful ones are considered good quality and will naturally be much more valuable. Generally speaking, the larger the beads, the higher the price, which means that the appreciation potential of the jade bracelet is increased.

Playing and maintenance

All jade lovers know that “the key to enjoying jade is to polish it”, so after getting a good jade bracelet, playing with it carefully is the beginning of the wearing process. For jade bracelets, you should pay attention to the following aspects when playing with them:

First of all, after buying the jade bracelet home, don’t rush to polish it. Soak it in clean water for 3 to 5 hours first, and gently brush the beads with a fine-bristled brush. This not only removes stains from the polishing and placement process before purchase, but also ensures hygiene and is also more helpful to the color of the bracelets.

Secondly, before you start the coil, you should place the beads in a piece of cotton cloth, preferably soft, old white cotton cloth. Rub each bead carefully, turning it lightly and quickly, making sure each bead turns for the same amount of time. This rotation should be continued for 1 to 3 months, then put in new cloth and continue to polish and wipe.

Finally, after a long period of friction, the jade can be worn on the wrist. In addition to cleaning it every day, wear it as much as possible to keep it at a constant temperature with the body. In this way, the gray body in the jade can be discharged, and the color can condense, making the color brighter and brighter.

Playing with jade bracelets is a long process. No matter whether you play with it slowly, quickly or at will, it is impossible to get really good jade in less than a year. Therefore, players must not be impatient during the playing process. While playing with the jade, you must also pay attention to maintenance, otherwise the quality of the jade will be damaged. The following points must be kept in mind:

1. No contact with pollutants. For jade, acids, alkalis, oils, and cosmetics are all sources of pollution. They will contaminate the surface structure of jade and affect its color. Therefore, do not come into contact with these substances at ordinary times, and always clean it with clean water, a fine brush and cotton cloth. Always remember that cotton cloth should be colorless to prevent the dye from coming off.

2. Do not touch chemical products. The so-called chemical products should include the soaps, hand sanitizers, shower gels, etc. that we commonly use. Do not use these things when cleaning jade bracelets to avoid losing the essence of jade.

3. Avoid direct sunlight. High temperature will change the quality of jade and destroy its original texture. Therefore, jade bracelets should not be exposed to the sun, and should not be placed in a high temperature environment for a long time. For example, they should be taken off when taking a hot bath.

4. Clean regularly. You should develop a habit of cleaning your jade bracelets regularly, give them a "bath" in clean water every few days, and gently wipe them with a fine-bristled brush. This can reduce the impact of dust and pollutants on the gloss of the bracelet surface.

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