Types and details of jadeite jade
1, planting jade in the old pit
Jade industry is commonly known as "old pit glass species", which usually has glass luster, delicate texture, pure and flawless color, pure, bright and rich, and even emerald green; The metamorphic structure in the old pit is mainly composed of jadeite fibers, and the hard main grains are very fine, so it is extremely difficult to see "emerald" with the naked eye; Laokeng jadeite is translucent and transparent under the irradiation of light, which is the top grade or the best of jadeite. In previous jewelry auctions or fairs, its price has hit record highs.
2. Kethleen
The texture is similar to that of the old cellar species, colorless or less colored. The characteristics of ice species are that the outer surface is very shiny, translucent to transparent, clear as water, giving people the feeling of ice and jade. If there is a flocculent or intermittent blue color in ice jadeite, it is called "blue flower ice", which is a common variety in ice jadeite. Ice seed jade is often used to make bracelets or pendants. There is no obvious difference in value between colorless ice jade and "blue flower ice" jade, and its actual price mainly depends on people's preferences. In the market, a pair of good ice bracelets can usually be worth tens of thousands of yuan. The ice species is middle or high grade or middle grade jadeite.
3. Water species of jadeite
Its jade structure is slightly thicker than the old pit glass species, and its luster and transparency are also slightly lower than the old pit glass species, but it is similar to or equivalent to the ice species. It is characterized by water permeability but soft luster. From the microscopic point of view of its internal structure, it can be seen that there are a small number of hidden ripples, or a small number of dark cracks and stone lines, and occasionally there are a very small number of impurities and cotton willows. Some experts say that water jadeite is a kind of old pit jadeite with light color or colorless and slightly poor quality. It is a kind of jadeite with upper-middle grade and occasionally upper grade.
There are four common cases of aquatic jadeite: colorless jadeite is called "clear water"; It has a light and uniform green color, which is called "green water"; It has a uniform and faint blue color, which is called "blue water"; It is light and even purple, which is called "purple water". The market prices are clear water and purple water, followed by green water and blue water.
4. Violet jade
This is a kind of purple jade, the color is like violet flower, and violet is also called "Toona sinensis" or "spring" in jewelry industry. "Generally colored" jade has different grades of high, medium and low. Violets are not necessarily valuable as long as they are. It is the top grade, and must be comprehensively evaluated in combination with quality indicators such as texture, transparency and process production level.
The purple on jadeite is generally not deep. According to the different shades of purple, the jadeite industry divides the purple in jadeite into pink purple, eggplant purple and blue purple. Pink purple is usually fine in texture and good in transparency, followed by eggplant purple and blue purple again.
When purple jadeite is observed under yellow light, it will appear that purple is darker than actual, so it is better to watch it under natural light. Consumers should pay attention to this. For the evaluation of this variety, the one with good transparency, fine and flawless structure and uniform pink and purple is the best; If purple is green on the bottom, it is elegant and should be top grade.
5. Jade on white background
Green on a white background is the characteristic of Bai Rushuang. Green is very bright on a white background, and white and green are very different. This variety of jadeite is easy to identify, and the green color is jade-like on a white background, with poor transparency, opacity or slight transparency; Jade pieces have fiber and fine grain mosaic structure, but the fine grain structure is the main structure; Observing under a microscope (magnification should be 30-40 times), there are common holes or uneven structures on its surface. This variety is mostly middle-grade jadeite, and a few are green and white, bright and beautiful, with good color shape and very harmonious color background, which can be classified as high-grade variety.
6. Huaqing Jade
The color (emerald green) is veined and extremely irregular; The texture is thick, thin and translucent. Its background color is light green or other colors, such as light gray or bean blue, and its structure is mainly fiber and fine to medium grain structure. Huaqing jadeite is characterized by uneven green, some dense, some sparse, and some deep and light colors. Another structure of Huaqing jadeite is that it is only granular and lacks a sense of water. Because of its rough structure, its transparency is often poor. Huaqing belongs to middle and low grade jadeite.
7. Hong Fei
Bright red or orange emeralds are easy to see in the market. The color of Hong Fei was formed after the formation of jadeite crystals, which was caused by hematite impregnation. The color of Hong Fei is usually bright red or crimson. Good Hong Fei is beautiful in color, glassy, transparent and translucent. Hong Fei products are often mid-range or low-grade goods, but there are also high-grade Hong Fei products, which are bright in color, delicate in texture, very beautiful, loved by people, auspicious in color and delicate in jade.
8. Yellow-brown flying
The jadeite whose color ranges from yellow to brownish yellow or brownish yellow, this series of jadeite products can be seen everywhere in the market. Their colors are also formed after the formation of jadeite crystals, often distributed on the red layer, which is caused by limonite impregnation. In the market, the value of Hong Fei is higher than that of yellow jadeite, while that of Huangfei is higher than that of brown jadeite, followed by brown jadeite. But there are also cases where the price is different from the routine because of people's love and unique jewelry.
9. Bean seed jade
The abbreviation of bean seed is a very common variety in the jade family. Its name is very vivid; The crystal particles of bean seeds are mostly short columns, which are arranged in jadeite like beans, and the interface of these crystals can be clearly seen by naked eyes. Because of the rough grain, the appearance of jade pieces is inevitably rough, and the luster and transparency are often poor, which is called "water drying" by the jade industry. Bean seeds belong to low-grade varieties in jadeite, and the price is not high. Bean seeds can be subdivided into coarse beans (particle size greater than 3mm), fine beans (particle size less than 3mm), sugar beans and ice beans.
10, hibiscus planting jade
Referred to as hibiscus species, this species of jadeite is generally light green, with no yellow tone, and the green color is relatively pure, and sometimes its background color is slightly pink. Its texture is finer than that of bean seeds, and the particle structure inside jadeite can be observed on a magnifying glass with a magnification of 10, but the boundaries of jadeite crystal particles are very blurred, and its surface is glassy and translucent between the old pit seeds and the fine bean seeds. Although its color is not strong, it is elegant. Although it is not thorough enough, it is not dry and attractive. It belongs to mid-range or mid-range jade, and the price is suitable in the market, so it is loved by working-class consumers and can be called a cheap variety.
1 1. Gold seed
Golden seeds refer to the filiform distribution and parallel arrangement of jadeite. We can clearly see that green appears intermittently in a certain direction. Of course, the green belt can be thick or thin.
The grade of jade in Phnom Penh depends on the ratio of color to green stripes and the thickness of texture. The ribbon is thick, accounts for a large proportion of the area, has bright colors and is of course of high value. On the contrary, the ribbons are sparse, and the light colors are much cheaper, so there are also high, middle and low grades.
12. Longshi species
It is also called dragon seed, a new term, which means that the combination of species and colors is perfect, color does not eat color, and color does not eat foundation. This is a popular word recently.
13. Cui Mo
We are also called Moyu, which is a precious and rare thing, full of mystery and luxury. It is as black as ink. Burmese people call it "the shadow of lovers" and Hong Kong and Taiwan people call it "the shadow of successful men". Its popularity can be imagined.
Cui Mo is actually not black, but dark green. It is caused by omphacite or alkaline amphibole or secondary oxide. Like other jadeites, the quality of Cui Mo is divided into colors, and the craftsmanship accounts for a large proportion in the price of Cui Mo.
Cui Mo is deeply buried in the surface, with limited production and limited exploitation. At present, Cui Mo's share in the jade market is less than 2%. Its unique hidden color features, combined with China's carving art and jade culture, are very attractive, so the water with good quality and high value is very attractive.
Due to its proximity to the center of the earth, Cui Mo has a strong magnetic field. Feng Shui masters agree that Cui Mo has the functions of exorcising evil spirits, preventing viruses and driving away animals, and has a magnetic field that attracts wealth. The color varies from dark green to dark, black under ordinary sunlight or reflected light, green or dark green under transmitted light, with heavy color, fine texture and dense particles.
14. Tie Longsheng
The Longken mining area in Myanmar, also known as Tianlongsheng, is favored for its green freshness and can be made into green ornaments, but it is limited by poor overall transparency. This variety is divided into eight grades. So there are also high, middle and low grades.