Why has Damakan jadeite raw stone been so popular among some people in recent years?

Why has the Damakan jadeite mine become so popular among some people in recent years? Let’s do a brief analysis today.

Currently, the older jade mining areas, such as: Moshisha, Mowangji, Nanqi, Huika, Muna, Geyinjiao, Momoliang, Baisanqiao, Damakan, etc., have a higher probability of producing high-quality jade, and each has its own characteristics. For example, Moshisha has a higher probability of producing ice-type and high-ice-type jade, and Nanqi is more famous for its outstanding materials.

Damakan is also one of the more distinctive mining sites. Because it is located on a residual slope alluvial deposit, the slope accumulation and the riverbed at the foot of the mountain are the main mining areas. Therefore, it is mainly composed of semi-mountain and semi-water stones and water stones, with relatively small amounts of mountain stones. The characteristic of Damakan, especially the yellow jade, has a particularly strong oily feel. Why? Yellow jade is actually the color produced by iron ions penetrating into the interior of jade all year round. The value of pure chicken-oil yellow jade is also very high.

Since the raw stone is soaked in water all year round, and we know from studying chemistry that complex chemical reactions are most likely to occur in water, for jadeite, long-term immersion in the water at the foot of the mountain will react with various mineral ions in the water, making the jadeite oilier and more lustrous. Everyone remembers the treasure hunt in Tengchong two years ago. The abandoned jadeite at that time was dug and snatched by residents frantically. That was the famous Tengchong material. It had been buried underground for only a few decades and was used to process jewelry. The oiliness was particularly good!

A more realistic reason is that the discovered jade mines are approaching exhaustion one after another. First of all, the Nanqi mine with the best quality, which is famous for producing high-color and high-quality stones, has not produced good stones for many years and is basically close to exhaustion. Mu Na and Moshi Sha, which have been very popular in the past decade, have been dug to the depth of 20 to 30 meters underground, which is already the fourth or fifth floor underground. The high-quality stones are becoming less and less every year. Even if there are some, the quality is relatively not as good as before. The jade mines in Damakan are relatively scattered, and the output from previous mining was not high, so the rate of decline is relatively slow, making it a rare find. But the overall quality of Damakan is not high. There are some of medium to upper quality, but it is rare to reach top quality.

I believe many people know that the jadeite raw stone from Damakan has been quite popular in the jadeite market in recent years, or it can be said that it has been favored by novice jadeite enthusiasts in recent years. On the one hand, the jadeite raw stone from Damakan is famous for its colorful colors. A large part of the commonly seen yellow and green jadeite, tri-color jadeite and even colorful jadeite are produced from the Damakan jadeite mining area.

At least a large portion of the Damakan jade raw stones can be made into things. On the one hand, the main reason is that the quality is better than that of other mines, and the shipment rate is quite high, so people don't waste time and money. Most of the fog layers in Damukan are quite distinctive. Usually, jade carvers like to use the materials with distinctive fog from Damukan to cleverly adjust the colors. They are not very big and are mainly used to make hand-held pieces or pendants. Another main reason is that they are relatively cheap, and have a relatively high cost-performance ratio! Therefore, jade works are mainly used as pendants.

For some jade players, Damakan jade is also a relatively popular collection object, because the finished products made from Damakan jade with good quality are very charming and beautiful. This is also the reason why many famous sculptors like the jadeite from this mine. Because of its characteristics, unlike some mines, it does not inspire people to create jadeite. Most of the jadeite raw stones from Damakan have a fog layer, which is a good material suitable for beautiful and skillful carving.

The jade produced in the Dama Kanchang area mostly has an oily luster. If it is colorful jade, it can show several charming colors after processing and polishing. It is very oily, warm and delicate. The color grade is generally high, but the color is blue. It is considered a place that produces good jade. The Damakan mining area also produces blood-red jadeite, also known as famous jadeite.

In summary, most of the characteristics of the stones from the Malaysian jade mining area are: the quality is generally relatively old and can be shipped, there is sufficient water head and good oiliness, and although there are not many top-quality jade products processed, there are indeed quite a few high-quality ones. The main common colors shipped from Damakan are yellow and green, high green (most of which have a slightly blue tone), clear water color, high water quality, etc. Among them, yellow and green is the most famous (mainly due to its good seed quality and good oiliness).

The most common skins of Damakan are yellow and yellow-red, mainly the sandy skins of half-mountain and half-water and the smooth skins of water stones (thin skin and long water), and of course the rough sandy skins of mountain stones (rough skin and thick shells). Generally speaking, the jade materials produced in the Damakan mining area are relatively small in size. The base of the material is clean (but most of the base is bluish). The output of top-quality jade material from the Malaysian mining area is very small, and it is very difficult to find jade material from the genuine mining area.