Spend 70,000 to buy a jade ring face? Is it really worth it?

Many jade lovers must have noticed one thing: the prices of jade ring faces are often relatively high.

Such small pieces can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. Why do ring faces frequently sell for such astronomical prices?

1. Natural beauty

Many people know that when merchants get jadeite raw stones, the good parts are first processed into bracelets, and making them into ring faces is often the last choice.

But this does not mean that ring faces are scraps. On the contrary, the parts that can be processed into ring faces are the most essential parts of the original stone.

Let me take jade bracelets as an example. As long as the bracelet does not affect wearing, it is allowed to have cotton and cracks.

However, for ring faces, because the surface of the finished product is curved, it will magnify extremely subtle internal flaws like a magnifying glass. For example:

Just imagine, a ring face is not much bigger than a bean, and its flaws are magnified due to the shape of the ring face. Can you bear it? !

For example, the following rough stone:

After cutting it open, the buyer almost cried

With just this little bit of green, it cannot be made into a bracelet and can only be used to make a ring face.

This piece of raw stone is only this small enough to be polished into a ring face. So as the essence of the raw stone, how can the ring face not be expensive?

2. Extremely high requirements for materials

First, let’s talk about color. The color must be a single color and evenly distributed. There cannot be any difference in light and dark.

So if the color of the original stone is evenly distributed and the distribution area is large enough, can it be made into a ring face?

The answer is: not necessarily! Example explanation:

This was bought by a netizen at a high price. It is very large and the color is nice. He asked me if I could make it into a ring face.

After polishing, it was found that the raw stone had many impurities and the color was not uniform enough. If it were used to make carvings, each one would be a fine product.

But if it is used to make ring faces, it may not be up to standard and cannot be sold at a high price.

Requirements for ring face selection: colorless or full color, no flowers, no cotton, no cracks on the ring face

In fact, this is a very demanding requirement. As a natural mineral, jade is always prone to fissures, black spots and cracks. All those minor flaws that are allowed on other jade jewelry cannot be on the ring faces.

3. High requirements for processing technology

The outline of the ring face must be smooth and graceful, symmetrical up and down and left and right, and the length and width must also be in a certain proportion. The golden ratio of length and width is 1:0.618, which can achieve the most harmonious visual effect. Therefore, the requirements for craftsmanship of rings are no lower than those for carvings.

Ring classification:

Biconvex: The fullest type and the most expensive.

Flat bottom: second full.

Digging bottom: Suitable for materials with general water quality, very thin and easily damaged, so it is best not to buy it.

Avoid face size requirements

The ring face is too small, so even if the quality of the jade is good, the price will not be very high. If the ring face becomes a little bigger, the price will increase exponentially.

After reading this, do you now have a clear idea of ​​how to choose jade ring faces in the future?

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