I spent all my savings of 100,000 yuan to buy a piece of Imperial Purple. When the appraisal result came out, I was miserable.

Friends of Imperial Green have all heard of it:

Imperial green is the representative of jadeite, and its quality charm attracts everyone. People who don’t understand jadeite like it, and people who understand jadeite like it more. Imperial green is the best color of green in jadeite. Imperial green jadeite is also the most valuable jadeite, and in recent years, the price of imperial green jadeite has been rising continuously.

In a word: top-quality jade is very expensive!

But what about Imperial Purple? Have you heard of it? Could it be a top-grade jadeite?

An old man thought so and ended up spending all his savings of 100,000 yuan to buy a piece of "Imperial Purple Jadeite" to take home!

The so-called Imperial Purple Jadeite

At the beginning, the old man was very excited because the merchant told him that Imperial Purple, like Imperial Green, were both top-grade jadeite with immeasurable value. It’s just that few people know about Imperial Purple now, and the market has not yet opened up, so it was sold to him at a very low price. The old man thought he had picked up a big bargain.

But I still felt a little uneasy, so I asked a friend to find an expert to take a look. The result showed that the old man was stunned and even attempted suicide. Fortunately, he was rescued in time.

What did the experts say? Is this “Imperial Purple” really the finest jadeite? Is Imperial Purple really equivalent to Imperial Green?

Experts say that they have never heard of imperial purple jadeite. The so-called imperial purple is purple chalcedony at best, and just a piece of glass at worst. In any case, it is far from worth 100,000 yuan.

Brazilian Imperial Purple Chalcedony

Not to mention the elderly, even young people might not be able to bear it! So what exactly is this Imperial Purple?

What is Imperial Purple?

In fact, in most cases, imperial purple is the name for the best chalcedony. In a broad sense, chalcedony, like southern red agate and yellow dragon jade, are all natural chalcedony , which is a variant of quartz.

Chalcedony comes in many colors, including: red chalcedony, blue chalcedony, green chalcedony, yellow chalcedony, black chalcedony and purple chalcedony. The Imperial Purple is the best among purple chalcedony . The raw stone is reddish purple, dark purple and white purple. Because it is produced in Brazil, it is also called Brazilian Imperial Purple.

Among jades, green is the most respected color, so jade with pure, rich color and high transparency is called imperial green.

But purple jade is different. There is no such thing as imperial purple for purple jade. The imperial purple people usually refer to the best purple chalcedony.

Purple chalcedony is a type of silica mineral. Although imperial purple chalcedony is the best among purple chalcedony, chalcedony is chalcedony. After all, its price is different from that of jadeite, and its price cannot be compared with that of jadeite.

Although wearing purple chalcedony is harmless to the human body, the market price of an imperial purple chalcedony bracelet is generally between 1,000 and 2,000. If you buy purple chalcedony at the price of jadeite, it would be a loss for consumers. You can imagine how disappointed the old man felt after spending 100,000 yuan.

Why is the finest violet not called imperial purple?

Jade also has purple color, which is called violet jade. There is also spring-colored jade, which is also purple. So some people think that imperial purple jade does exist and that it is the best violet jade . Is this really the case? Let’s first look at the grade classification of violet jadeite:

In the color grade of jadeite, green ranks first and purple ranks second. Do you think its value can be low?

Because its color resembles that of violet flowers, it is named violet. The purple color on jade is generally not deep. The market divides purple jade into four types based on color and saturation: royal purple, red purple, blue purple, and pink purple.

Among them, royal purple is a color that is one in a million and hard to come by, while violet is the most common and standard one, available in both light and dark shades. When it appears on jade with green, it is what we often call "spring color."

Royal Purple: Its color is rich and pure with a high saturation, giving people a sense of graceful beauty, but royal purple is rarer than imperial green jadeite. It belongs to the theoretical grade of jadeite and is difficult to obtain.

Red-purple: Its color is reddish, and it is medium in color and saturation. It is of decent value, but also relatively difficult to obtain.

Blue-purple: This color of violet has high and low value because its color saturation varies greatly, including light blue and dark blue. Among them is a more famous blue-purple called eggplant purple, which has better saturation but lower value than red-purple.

Pink purple: The purple is lighter and has low saturation. Generally, its value is lower. However, if it appears in jadeite with good water head and fine texture, its value will be very high.

Spring-colored: "Spring" means violet, and jade with spring is also called violet jade. "Cai" means green, referring to green jadeite. "Spring-colored" jade refers to jade that has both violet and green colors. If a piece of jade stone has these two colors at the same time, it will be loved by more jade lovers, and of course its value will be much higher.

After looking at the four levels of classification of purple jadeite, you will find that except for royal purple, the texture of other types of violets are generally not good. In fact, this is a defect of purple jadeite itself. It is difficult for violet jadeite to have good water quality and fine texture, and its overall value cannot be compared with green jadeite. Therefore, imperial green is worthy of the name, but imperial purple is still debatable.

How to distinguish violet from imperial purple?

From this example of the old man, we can know that there are unscrupulous merchants in the market who use purple chalcedony to impersonate violet jadeite to make huge profits, so it is necessary to understand the identification of violet and purple chalcedony:

Color distribution:

The color distribution on the surface of natural violet jade is not uniform, and the transparency is not very strong. However, chalcedony not only has uniform color distribution, but also has good transparency.

Jade properties:

Generally, jadeite's jadeite quality is mentioned when identifying jadeite. Because of the jadeite quality, when you observe the inside of jadeite, you will see a reflective phenomenon, and the poorer the texture of the jadeite, the stronger its reflection. Purple chalcedony has no jadeite quality and no reflective phenomenon.

Texture:

The interior of purple chalcedony generally has a natural concentric ring texture, but violet or jadeite does not have this texture.

weight:

The specific gravity of jadeite is higher than that of chalcedony, so jadeite of the same size is much heavier than chalcedony.

Listen to the sound:

Listening to the sound to distinguish the two can be said to be a very practical identification method. After tapping them lightly, the sound made by purple chalcedony is relatively dull, while the sound made by violet jadeite is relatively crisp.

Under different lighting:

Because violet jade is particularly sensitive to light, it will produce different purple feelings under different light. It is pink purple under yellow light and blue purple under white light, and the color is blue and gray.

In contrast, purple chalcedony is less affected by light and will appear a very "attractive" purple color under different light sources.

fruit

fcgc33