What is the relationship between blue water jade and oily green jade?

Oily green jadeite and blue water jadeite can be said to be a pair of "close relatives" among jadeite. The appearance of Blue Water Jade is indeed very similar to that of Oily Green Jade.

Two jades of similar quality look similar. If we do not master certain identification skills, it is easy to confuse them and become more confused the more we look at them.

Blue Water Jade

Today, I will talk to you about the difference between blue water jade and oily green jade.

Blue Water Jade Pendant

Blue Water Jade

The blue water jade we often talk about is usually a uniform blue-gray color, old and fine in texture, full of moisture and translucent.

It is a relatively rare species on the market and can be considered a rising star in the jade world.

The name of blue water jade does not simply refer to its color. It requires that the jade should be of old origin, fine texture, good water head, high transparency and blue color, so it can be called "blue water".

The best color for blue water jadeite is pure blue. The quality of blue water jadeite that is green or gray is lower.

Most blue waters have varying degrees of gray or green tinge, making the color less earthy.

Glass-type blue water jadeite is extremely rare, hard to come by, and priceless. It is one of the favorites of various wealthy collectors.

Blue water jadeite of general quality and color can be processed into pendant ornaments. Small blue water jadeite with good quality and pure color can be processed into jade ring faces.

The price of blue water jadeite with good quality and color is very different from that of blue water jadeite with poor quality and color.

The price of high-quality blue water jadeite can be as high as tens of thousands of yuan, while blue water jadeite with particularly poor quality can be purchased for only a few dozen yuan.

Oily green jadeite

Oily green jade is a type of jade with a delicate texture, transparent but darker tone than oil. It has an oily feel and the color is generally darker.

The green color of oily green jadeite is generally impure, containing gray and blue components. Therefore, it looks dull, dark and not bright enough.

Oily green jadeite is the most common mid-to-low-grade jadeite variety on the market. Due to its good water quality, Oily green jadeite can be said to be available in the design and production of pendants and bracelets.

The transparency of Oily Green Jade is generally better, the texture is finer, and with silk-like distributions visible to the naked eye, it has an oily luster.

If the color tone is darker, some people in the industry will call it melon-peel oil green jadeite.

The color-causing factors of oily green jadeite are mainly related to iron and the oxidation state of iron elements.

If classified by color tone, oily green jade can actually be divided into two types: dark blue and blue-green oily green jade.

Dark blue oily green jadeite generally has more water content. When observed under the light, it appears bluish-gray without any green tones, and is very similar to blue water jadeite.

The bluish-green hue of the Oily Green Jadeite appears green under the light, and is lively and agile.

The difference between oily green jadeite and blue water jadeite

Compared with Blue Water Jade, Oily Green Jade lacks rigidity and iciness. In addition, the green color of Oily Green Jade is darker and mixed with gray and blue components. The overall color is dull, dark like oil, and grayish.

Oily green jadeite bracelet

The color of blue water jade belongs to the base color, and the base color is still in the blue range. It is a light blue and the color is evenly distributed.

Although the color of blue water jade also has a certain "gray" component, it is still mainly blue.

In other words, the biggest feeling that blue water jadeite gives people is "blue" rather than "gray".

Blue Water Jade Pendant

Oily green jadeite has an oily luster and its polished surface feels like soft jade. This is a characteristic rarely found in other jades.

Ice-Oil Green Jadeite Pendant

In terms of value, Oily Green Jade cannot compare to Blue Water Jadeite. The most fundamental difference between the two lies in their water and color.

Blue Water Jade has a light blue color, which is not as dark as Oily Green Jade. It has good rigidity and water content, and its quality is between ice and glass types.

The texture of blue water jade is uniform and fine, with very few floating flowers and almost no stripes or patchy color distribution of emerald jade.

Blue Water Jade

The quality levels of Oily Green Jade are mostly ice type, glutinous type, and bean type, and the color is dull. If the water content is insufficient, this kind of oily green jadeite will be more rigid .

In addition, the output of oily green jade is high, and things are precious because they are rare, so its value is relatively low.

Oily green jadeite ring

When buying jadeite, you must choose reliable channels . In this way, you will not encounter some unscrupulous merchants who use oily green jadeite to impersonate blue water jadeite.

Blue Water Jade Pendant

In fact, in order to avoid being deceived, there is no need to distinguish between oily green jadeite and blue water jadeite. As long as the jade product has good water quality, uniform color, pleasing to the eye and pleasing to the eye, it is good jadeite.