1, feeling
Jade can be identified by its feel. When jade is held in your hand or attached to your skin, natural jade feels cold, while fake jade feels mild and has no cold feeling.
2. Listen to the sound
In addition, jadeite can also be identified by listening to sounds. When you tap on the surface of jade with chopsticks, natural jade will make a crisp and pleasant sound after tapping, while fake jade will make a dull and dull sound.
Step 3 consider
Jade can also be identified by weighing. Natural jade has a dense structure and a large proportion, which makes it feel oppressive in your hand. The fake jade has a loose structure and a relatively light feel.
Brief introduction of jadeite:
Jade is a mineral, both soft and hard. Usually, jade refers to nephrite. It belongs to one of the most common jewels. According to "Tengyue Local Records" written by Qing Jinshi Cun Kaitai, "Tengyue is a collection of jade articles, made into utensils and sold to various provinces in Yunnan. Top grade jadeite is mostly sent to eastern Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang and Kyoto.
China is the earliest and most extensive country in the world to exploit and utilize jade. There are many records and names in ancient books, such as Shuiyu, Heritage Jade, Peiyu, Xiangyu, Nephrite and so on. Tremolite nephrite unearthed from Chahai site in Fuxin city, Liaoning province is about 8000 years ago (early Neolithic age), which is the earliest known real jade in the world. The most famous jade in China is Hetian jade in Xinjiang, which, together with dushan jade in Henan, xiuyan jade in Liaoning and lantian jade in Shaanxi, is called the four famous jade in China.