How to correctly identify violet jadeite?

How to correctly identify violet jadeite? We gamble on jadeite raw stones in bulk in Myanmar's jadeite market all year round. Let me share with you my experience over the years. First, we need to understand what violet jadeite is!

We all know that jade has many colors. In addition to green, many consumers also like violet jade. Jade is generally more valuable when it is green, but in the colorful jade family, in addition to green, there is another color that is also deeply loved by everyone, that is violet. This is what we call purple jadeite. Violet jade can be regarded as a relatively fine variety in the jade family!

In recent years, as more and more people have fallen in love with violet jade, its price has also risen sharply! Speaking of violet jadeite, I would like to mention it here as well, because purple jadeite is a general term after all. If it is classified from a professional perspective, there are five types of purple according to the saturation and color intensity, namely: royal purple, red purple, blue purple, pink purple, and violet. Purple jadeite, called violet jadeite, is also known as: purple spring, spring color. Purple represents nobility and elegance. The Forbidden City is also called the "Purple Forbidden City". There is also a folk saying that when Laozi came out of seclusion, purple air came from the east.

Next, let’s talk about how to correctly recognize violet jadeite, because in the domestic jadeite market, high- and medium-grade green jadeite is often counterfeited. It is what we usually call B-grade and C-grade jadeite. Generally speaking, we rarely see purple jadeite, and some people think that violet jadeite is a counterfeit product. Here we need to know that this concept of judgment is incorrect. We cannot judge the authenticity of purple jadeite based on the intensity and depth of the purple color.

People have always been unclear about the reason why jadeite gets its purple color. Because under the chemical composition analysis of electron probe, purple jade is relatively pure, and except for a small amount of iron, it contains almost no manganese. In the past, gemologist Dr. Rossman proposed that the color change of purple jade was caused by the valence jump between divalent iron and trivalent iron. However, some scholars have failed to obtain reliable data after repeated experiments. After the 1990s, more precise element measurements were used to measure purple jadeite, and an interesting phenomenon was discovered. Purple jadeite never contains chromium, but only a small amount of iron, a very small amount of manganese, and a small amount of metal elements such as germanium and titanium, which result in different purple tones. Due to the special reasons for its formation, purple is generally lighter and is clearer when observed under natural light.

Violet jade is a type of jade with a purple color. There is a saying in the industry that "nine out of ten are spring jades are wood", which means that violet jade basically has no water quality and is opaque. Ten purples and nine out of ten are beans. Generally, the violets are large and the water quality is difficult to meet the requirements. But it is also very difficult to find ones with fine grains, old water quality and true color. This special purple is generally lighter, like the purple of violets, hence the name.

Among yellow jadeite and green jadeite, spring is the most precious. Spring color refers to the purple color in jadeite, commonly known as violet. Violet includes basically the entire purple series from light purple to beige purple to dark purple, among which light purple is the largest. Because jade has the characteristic of changing light under different light and angles, and this characteristic is more obvious in violet. The violet color of jadeite will mostly fade under natural light, which is called "dying in the light" in the jargon.

Moreover, there are not many violets with good water content. As the saying in the industry goes, "nine out of ten are spring and nine are wood," this is what it means. Just as violets die in the light, nine out of ten spring trees are planted with water. Therefore, the price of violets with good color and watery texture is correspondingly more expensive.