Composition of jadeite: jadeite is the main component, followed by omphacite, sodalite, aegirine, amphibole and albite. Sodium aluminosilicate, mineral composition.

Jade composition: calcium magnesium silicate, mineral composition is mainly tremolite, with a small amount of actinolite.

2. Different places of origin

Origin of jadeite: The main origin of jadeite is Myanmar.

Origin of jade: Hotan, Xinjiang, China, Qinghai, Russia, Chunchuan, South Korea and Canada (mainly jasper).

3. It contains different cultures.

Jade culture: Jade has been in China for one or two hundred years from Myanmar, because it was loved by Empress Dowager Cixi, and then it gradually penetrated into the people, and its cultural background was much worse than Hetian jade.

Jade: Jade has a history of 8,000 years in China and has a profound cultural heritage. Jade has five virtues: benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity. The ancients often said that a modest gentleman is as gentle as jade. So the cultural background is much thicker than jade.

4. Different people are suitable for wearing.

Jade: Jade has a bright and colorful personality, which is more suitable for women and will make women more charming and glorious.

Jade: It is suitable for men to wear jade, which will make men look elegant, calm and restrained.

5. The price is different

On the whole, the price of jadeite is the highest among all jadeites. Sometimes a glass bracelet filled with green jade can reach nearly 10 million yuan, and sometimes the jade necklace even reaches 100 million yuan.

The second highest overall price is Hetian jade. In addition to the general quality of hetian jade, the price of high-quality hetian jade can also be comparable to that of upper-middle grade jade. Hetian jade is suitable for making jade bracelets because of its small size, so the price of a real suet jade and Hetian jade bracelet is close to one million yuan.

Of course, not all jadeites are the most expensive. Some jadeites with poor quality are also very cheap, and some are only tens of yuan, which is lower than the average grade agate. Among all kinds of jade, it is possible that the price of a low-grade jade will be higher than that of other high-grade jade, so the real price needs to be compared with the concrete object in order to obtain an accurate comparison.

First of all, jade

There is such a description in China's ancient book Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Jade is the beauty of stone", that is to say, beautiful stones can generally be called jade. According to the understanding of jewelry discipline and oriental traditional literature, "jade" is broad, including Hetian jade, jadeite, jadeite, dushan jade, agate, turquoise, Yingshi, Shoushan stone and bloodstone.

In the folk or jade industry, "jade" can also be narrowly divided into nephrite and jadeite. Nephrite (hardness: 6.0~6.5) mainly refers to jade such as Hetian jade and Kunlun jade, while jadeite (hardness: 6.5~7) refers to jadeite or jadeite rock.

In a certain jade industry, merchants will also refer to a certain kind of jade as "jade" for short. For example, jade is referred to as "jade" in the jade industry, or Hetian jade will also be referred to as "jade" in Hetian jade industry.

Second, jade

Jadeite is a specific variety among many jadeites, and it is a mineral aggregate mainly composed of jadeite. There are some differences in understanding the so-called jadeite from the perspective of petrology and commerce. From the perspective of petrology, jadeite is a kind of rock, because it is composed of various minerals mentioned above, which can be understood as a kind of jadeite rock. When the content of omphacite is high, it can also be understood as a pyroxene. In business, jadeite refers to jadeite and pyroxene with craft value and commercial value, reaching the gem level. The name of jade comes from the animal jade bird, and red or yellow means "flying"; Green is "Cui", and emerald with good water-based and rich green is "Gao Cui".

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