Hetian jade is characterized by warm and delicate texture and good oiliness. Hetian jade is oily and feels as greasy as oil. The oiliness of the hand is that jade will give people a greasy feeling when playing with it, but it is not completely smooth. There will be a little resistance, just like squeezing a lump of oil, which seems to melt.

Classification of origin

According to the national standard GB/T 16552—2003, Hetian jade has no origin meaning, that is, nephrite with tremolite as the main mineral can be called Hetian jade, and Hetian jade can also be called nephrite.

In addition to China and Xinjiang, there are more than 120 tremolite jade deposits in the world, which are distributed in more than 20 countries and regions: Russia, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan Province Province of China and so on. Among them, Canada's output ranks second in the world. These deposits belong to serpentine tremolite jade, mainly jasper, and white jade is produced in Russia, South Korea and North Korea. Only Hetian jade in Xinjiang belongs to non-serpentine tremolite jade because of its special geological formation.