What misunderstandings should we avoid when choosing jadeite?

Nowadays, people's living standards are getting higher and higher, and more and more people like to wear jade jewelry. Jade jewelry serves as people's accessories for decoration and wearing. Unlike some necessities in life, everyone understands it. Therefore, many consumers easily fall into misunderstandings when purchasing jade jewelry due to their lack of understanding of it. Next, the editor will give you a detailed introduction to several misunderstandings in purchasing jade jewelry to see if you have fallen into any of them.

Emerald green jade is the best quality jade, but it does not mean that the best quality jade is emerald green. There is a kind of jade that is dyed by iron elements and can also form a bright emerald color. If the texture of this kind of jade is good, its value will not be low.

In fact, the age of jade has little impact on its value, since jade has not been in China for long and its craftsmanship is getting better and better. Compared with jade that is very old, the value of new jade is higher.

In fact, many high-quality jades are often made into very simple bracelets or ring faces without carving, as the saying goes, simplicity is beauty; on the contrary, some jades with impurities or cracks are often carved into figures or scenes by skilled craftsmen, using some deficiencies in craftsmanship to cover up the deficiencies of the jade itself.

Jadeite that can be made into full green is generally not made into segmented green. Indeed, jadeite that is full green looks "a feast to the eyes". But in fact, such perfect jade is collection-level and basically not available on the market. Now when we see some jade in the market that is emerald green all over, has very even color distribution and is very cheap, we have to be careful whether it is a fake. The vast majority of jade has flaws. After all, jade is made up of granular minerals, so its green color is partially scattered, and there is a boundary between green and non-green.

Many people who love to collect jade are particular about collecting "ancient jade", thinking that the older the better, but in fact there is no distinction between ancient and modern jade collections. The history of jade is not long. After expert investigation and research, it was found that China's love for jade officially emerged, and the first recorded large-scale use of jade was in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the technological conditions were backward, there were not many jade raw materials, and the identification ability was poor. The texture of some ancient jade was not as good as the jade mined modernly. Modern jade jewelry is more refined and breathtaking.

Many people only pay attention to the size and not the quality when buying or collecting jade. In fact, the first factor in buying jade is beauty. The beauty of jade lies in its naturalness, rarity, various colors, icy transparency, high hardness, and easy inheritance. Many small and exquisite pieces have a high price per unit weight and are more concentrated wealth, so size is not the key when buying jade, quality is the key to choice.

"Water" is a term used in the jade industry, referring to the transparency of jade, also known as "water head". For jade of the same color and texture, the higher the transparency, the higher the natural value. Just looking at the water of jade, the high-end ones are glass and ice, the mid-range ones are glutinous, and the low-end ones are porcelain and shit. The so-called ice-clear jade refers to jade with high transparency, which can often make people's eyes bright and unforgettable for a long time. Many people pay too much attention to these, and they don't look at many good things. The color materials are also very good but they just don't like them! The water of jade presents different visual effects according to the different coarseness and fineness of the texture particles and different combinations. From a broad perspective, it can be divided into glass, ice, ice-glutinous, glutinous ice, glutinous, bean, and inferior stone materials.

The type refers to the texture of jade, and is also the most basic description of a jade product. The old type, new type, glass type, ice type, egg white type, bean type, oily green type, blue flower, blue water, clear water, etc. mentioned in the market are all customary commercial names, but because these commercial names do not have a clear definition in the standards, they cannot be used as our grading standards.

The bottom refers to the amount of jade flocs (also known as cotton), black spots, and other color spots. Since jade is an aggregate of various minerals, its structure is mostly fibrous and granular, and the amount of impurities will inevitably affect the value of jade.

Glass Type

As the name suggests, its clarity and luster are as transparent as glass, and the crystal particles inside are extremely small and dense. It is the best quality jade and can be compared with a glass.

When the glass type meets the imperial green, it becomes the best jadeite. The transparent green can completely blind your eyes.

Ice

The texture of the flesh is second only to the glass type, and its overall feeling is similar to melting ice, partly transparent and partly translucent.

It also has a cooling effect, giving people a cool and refreshing feeling.

In the actual purchasing process, after all, there are only a few friends who have considerable financial strength, so the question of which is more important, type or color, becomes a point of concern for many people. After all, a piece of jade with good quality but no color will not appear luxurious enough; while a piece of jade with good color but no water quality will not be lively enough, so the quality and color complement each other.

Of course, if you buy low-grade jade, don’t think too much about the color. Let me reiterate that I am not saying that color is more important, but that rare things are valuable. Emerald green jade is very rare, and if it is not expensive and is still emerald green, the authenticity cannot be guaranteed (unless it has serious flaws or is very small). In fact, I have always believed that if the water quality and color can be balanced, it would be the best choice. Going to extremes and focusing on one point will inevitably lead to regrets. Just like a fine-grained glutinous jadeite can never become a glass-type one no matter how much you nurture it, a piece of white jadeite is even less likely to grow green when you wear it.

To be precise: what kind of jade you like depends on your own preferences. You cannot blindly choose what others recommend to you. It’s good enough if you really like it. Then you will like it when you wear it.