What do the "flower" and "green" in jadeite flower green refer to?

What is Huaqing Jade?

Huaqing jade is a type of jade in the jade family. Huaqing jade is a classification method based on the distribution characteristics of color. The color range of jadeite is quite wide. It can be ice-type flower green, bean-type flower green, and as long as it is uneven green, it can be called flower green.

Anthocyanin varieties may also contain some impurities, such as black minerals. The base color of the Huaqing variety is green or colorless; the green can be light green or dark green, and the shapes of the green can be silk, veins, clumps, and irregular. Although it is green, its distribution is extremely irregular, the color can be dark or light, and the distribution is sometimes dense and sometimes sparse. This is the biggest feature of Huaqing jadeite.

What is anthocyanin flower?

The "flower" in Huaqing jadeite refers to disordered, irregular and messy flowers. There are many kinds of color shapes of lavender jadeite, such as ribbon-like, vein-like, lump-like, cloud-like, spot-like, etc. Moreover, the color shape on the same piece of jadeite raw material is not a single one, but multiple shapes exist at the same time. The colors of various shapes are intertwined and intricately distributed, making it difficult to describe the color characteristics in words.

What is the anthocyanin species?

The "qing" in Huaqing jadeite emphasizes the color as blue in common parlance, which is almost equivalent to green. Such green can be pure green, green with a yellowish hue, green with a bluish hue, or even green with a blackish hue. In other words, as long as its color contains a certain amount of green, it falls into the category of celadon jadeite color.

Is anthocyanin valuable?

The emerald green color of the Huaqing jadeite attracts the public's attention and it is a relatively common jadeite. Therefore, the current market price performance of anthocyanin varieties is not very good. Of course, anthocyanin varieties with better quality still have certain value.

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