Do you really know how to distinguish the quality of jadeite water head?

Jade has rich colors and diverse textures, but not all jade can become collectibles. Jade that can reach the collection level should be of excellent type, water content, and color . Jadeite with beautiful color and high transparency, as clear as water and bright emerald green is of high quality. It is rare in the market and its value is also very high.

The value of jade is evaluated based on its type, water, color and craftsmanship . Conversely, factors that affect its value include cracks, impurities, lumps, etc. So, when it comes to jadeite with good or bad water content, we should pay attention to these points so that we will no longer be afraid of being fooled.

1. Water head and transparency

Excellent: The quality of fine jadeite should be transparent, translucent, slightly transparent, or opaque. It would be best if it could reach ice or glass quality. The higher the transparency, the better.

Inferior: Jade itself is opaque and has a very dry texture. There are a lot of cotton in clumps, fibers or sheets inside, and the texture is even close to rock.

2. Color

Jade comes in a variety of colors and is called "seven-color jade." Green is the most representative color, and its economy and richness are important factors in evaluating the value of jadeite. The best green colors are thick, bright, pretty, straight and even; the inferior ones are light, dark, old, evil and flowery.

Excellent: The best ones are generally above the Yang Green level, with a pure green color, not gray or rigid; the purple should be rich and fresh; the red should be bright red; the three-color level and above should be clean as a whole and complement each other.

Bad: Generally there will be black spots, yellow spots, gray spots, mottled colors, and scattered distribution, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.

3. Texture

When observed under a 10x magnifying glass, jadeite with no grains inside is extremely fine jadeite, while jadeite with a faint sense of grains is finer jadeite; jadeite with obvious grains that are difficult to see with the naked eye is moderately fine jadeite; jadeite with grains visible to the naked eye is coarser jadeite, and jadeite with grains easily visible to the naked eye is extremely coarse jadeite.

4. Production process

Whether it is a bracelet, ring face, or carving, you need to consider the cutting, carving, polishing and other processes. Exquisite jade can only show its best side under superb craftsmanship. For the same material, fine workmanship can make it have a higher value, while rough workmanship will infinitely reduce its value.

Advantage: High-quality materials generally do not require excessive modification and carving. Uncarved plain surfaces, plain work, plain plaques, bracelets, etc. have extremely high requirements for the quality of raw materials and can have high value without too much processing.

Inferior: Very ordinary material with large output and low value, random carving and polishing.