How to understand the saying “Nine out of ten spring elements are wood” in jadeite?

There is a saying in the jade industry that "nine out of ten spring jades are wood", which simply means that most purple jades are of relatively poor quality. However, the spring color mentioned here is not the Chai Luolan color that we usually know. It is a pink color that tends to be peach blossom, which we call peach blossom red, and is a subdivision of the purple category.

We all know that most stones with good quality have a higher transparency. So pink, a spring color, is originally lighter in color. When it encounters a stone with better quality and higher transparency, its color will not be retained and will appear very light. In order to retain the spring color, we can only make it thick.

When the stone becomes thicker, its transparency will naturally be affected. If the transparency is affected, the quality will appear to be very poor. In fact, whether it is wood color, green, or what we often call spring color, there are stones with good quality and stones with poor quality. It’s just that the special color of spring color leads to the fact that most of the finished products of spring color on the market have low transparency. If you have different opinions, please leave a message in the comment area to share.