JADEITE
In the Ming Dynasty, Burmese jade was introduced into China and was named "Jadeite", so "Jadeite" was used to represent jadeite. Jadeite has always been considered to be the highest quality of jade, and its quality is judged by its positive concentration and balance. Jadeite comes in a variety of colors, including green, lavender, white, pink, brown, red, blue, black, orange and yellow. ; Among them, the most precious imperial jade, showing a rich dark green, is known as the "Laokeng Glass Species".
The reserves of jadeite deposits are located in the Myitkyina area in northern Myanmar. The material produced in the middle reaches of the Muna River is full of color and transparent, which is popular among the public, also known as wood material.
The Meaning of正濃陽云
正: Color Purity
refers to the range of hues, which is determined according to the ratio of the primary color to the secondary color, that is to say, pure green, not mixed with other colors. For example, there is often mixed oil blue in the oil green, and the value will be reduced.
濃: Color Saturation
It refers to the depth of the color. In terms of emerald green, the concentration is preferably between 70% - 80%, and 90% is too strong.
陽: Color Vibrance
It refers to the brightness of the bright sun of the jadeite color. The brightness of the jadeite is mainly determined by the proportion of green and black or gray contained in the jadeite. If the proportion of green is more, the color will be bright. If it contains too much black or gray, the color will be dark. Experts often use the image method to express the bright color of the color. For example: boxwood green, parrot green, rapeseed green, scallion green, pepper green, all refer to the color of the bright sun. And spinach green, oil green green, river green, black green, pickled cabbage green, refers to dull dark green. The fresher the jadeite, the higher the natural price.
勻: Color Uniformity
Refers to the uniformity of the color distribution of jadeite. The color distribution of jadeite is generally uneven, and it is not easy to obtain jadeite with uniform color distribution.
Jadeite Color
Jade has the saying "36 water, 72 beans (green), 108 blue" to describe the diversity of jade colors. The colors of jadeite are very rich, including red, green, purple, white, yellow, black and other colors, and more than two colors may appear on a piece of jadeite at the same time, which is a feature that ordinary gemstones do not have. Here are the common shades:
●Imperial Green
Also known as emerald, it is the top color. The green is thick, pure and bright, without any variegation, evenly distributed and fine in texture. Rich and steady color, delicate and flawless texture, with the air of the emperor.
●Zhengyang Green
Zhengyang green is visually brighter than imperial green, green and vivid. And its green is also very pure (without other noise), the green concentration is between 70%-80%, and the color distribution should be uniform. Zhengyang green is the only color that can keep pace with imperial green, because some people think that although imperial green is more intense, it is slightly darker, and Zhengyang green is more rare.
●Sweet Sun Green / Apple Green
The green has a yellowish smell, and the color is a bit like an unripe green apple. Apple green emerald is a relatively bright and beautiful green, and is a relatively high-grade green
●clear water green
The color of Qingshui jade is pleasing and pure, bright and light, the color is compatible, the color is soft and uniform, and it has the spirituality of water. Qingshui has a feeling of discoloration at the bottom, just like the color of lake water after rain and clear sky, green precipitates on the bottom, jade is as its name, moist and long.
●blue water green
Transparent to translucent, slightly bluish in green, pure inside with few blemishes, fine jade quality.
●Violets
"Red, emerald, green, emerald and purple are precious" is a phrase that people who love jade often say. Violet is named "Violet Emerald" because of its color resembling a violet flower.
●Mo Cui
Mo Cui is a kind of jade, "ink" as the name implies, is black; "Cui" refers to the green in the color of jade. The characteristic of black jade is that the surface looks black, but it shows a deep dark green or dark green in transmitted light. In fact, Mo Cui is not black jade, but a very deep green. In other words, Mo Cui is black in appearance due to the excessive concentration of green.
●Huang Fei
In ancient China, yellow was the color of the royal family, and Huang Fei often gave people the impression of wealth and beauty. Huang Fei is bright and bright in color, and it must be very pleasing to have it on any material. The oily chicken oil yellow is especially popular.
●Hong Fei
Besides green jade, red jade is the most popular among Chinese people, it represents joy, auspiciousness, enthusiasm and vitality.
Spicy & Full Green
In addition to the above judging principles, we will also hear such statements as "this jadeite is very hot in color" and "kind of old and hot". "Spicy color" is a term specifically for the emerald color of jade.
"Spicy" from the Chinese definition, refers to a pungent taste, it is strong, impactful, impressive, similar to the mixed feeling of heat and pain. The green color of a piece of jadeite is rich, bright and dazzling, which brings a distinct impact and deep impression on people's vision. Then we can say that the color of this jadeite is very "spicy".
"Spicy green" and "full green" are not the same concept. Spicy focuses on describing the vividness of the color of jadeite. It can be a piece, a mass, or even just a small piece. As long as its green color is prominent enough and there is a clear contrast with the surrounding colors, then we can say it is The color is "spicy green". Therefore, yellowish and bluish greens are mostly peaceful and calm, and cannot be described by the word "spicy color". There is no standard definition of spiciness, and we can't come up with a standard to say what degree of green is "spicy".
And "full green" refers to the distribution range of the green color of jadeite. A piece of jade with green all over it is full of green jade.
"Spicy" and "not spicy" are just a manifestation of the color characteristics of jadeite. It cannot be said that the jadeite with a spicy color is necessarily more valuable than the jadeite with a mild color. The value of jadeite still depends on "species, water, color, and workmanship" to comprehensively judge.
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水頭&種
The seed water of jadeite should be divided into the seed head of jadeite and the water head of jadeite. In the industry, people divide the seed head of jadeite into glass seed, ice seed, egg white seed, wax seed, horse tooth according to the size of jadeite crystal particles. In addition, in the jadeite industry, the seed heads of jadeite are divided into old jadeite, new and old jadeite and new jadeite according to the density between the crystals inside the jadeite.
The crypts are separable:
Foundation -- refers to the flesh of jade
water - transparency
kind -- transparency plus texture
Jadeite A, B, C
What is A cargo?
A (All Nature): As the name suggests, it refers to all-natural jadeite, including color, texture, luster, structure, etc., which are naturally formed, without any human factors.
What is B cargo?
Bleach (Bleach): bleach means bleaching in Chinese, a process similar to bleaching, in order to make the appearance of jadeite more beautiful. Due to the polycrystalline structure of jadeite, it is easy to get stuck in impurities to form stains, because the jadeite will be soaked in strong acid to remove these impurities and restore the appearance to crystal. Moreover, after soaking, the structure will become loose and toughness will become It is even worse, so glue or wax will be added to strengthen it later; therefore, jadeite that has undergone strong acid and glue filling is called B goods.
What is C cargo?
C goods (Color): The color of jadeite is not natural, it is dyed. The color of jadeite is the first impression to people, so when even the color has to be dyed artificially, it can be seen that the quality is not very good. There is also a kind of jadeite, which has been pickled, dyed and glued, and contains more artificial processing steps, which is called B+C goods.
Cixi and her Jadeite
The Empress Dowager Cixi was an authentic jadeite "fanatic". Once a foreigner offered her a big diamond, she glanced at it slowly, waved her hand and said, "Go ahead." She didn't care about the sparkling diamond, but she saw the gift offered to her by another person. A small piece of jade, "Good things, there are rewards!" gave him a valuable reward.
Since then, all the people who paid tribute to the court, and all the people who paid tribute to the court, chose high-quality jade as their tribute, hoping to win her favor. Because of her preference, jadeite was very popular at that time, and there was a saying of "wearing gold in winter and jade in summer" for women in the court to wear jewelry, and jade was used as the main decorative item. In the imperial court, it was even regarded as a symbol of the power of the royal family. Only the important officials of the imperial court and the dignitaries can use jade, so it is also known as "the emperor's jade". Small jadeite is often a wonderful product for officials to open up joints and bribe each other. Some dignitaries often spend a lot of money to find the best jade jewelry. Even if it is a small ling tube (the decoration on the official hat), a clean official can buy a second-order green ling tube for 322 taels of silver, and a high-ranking jue can spend 78,000 taels for a tall green ling tube. According to historical records, the emerald plume of Rong Lu, a favorite of Cixi, was worth 13,000 taels of gold.
Identification Center
Since natural jadeite is rare in the world, it is often sold at sky-high prices, so there are many outlaws in the market forging or dyeing jadeite.