There are two types of jade: soft and hard. Traditional Chinese jade materials are mostly hornblende and pyroxene. Today, the editor will take you to understand the types of jade. There are many types of jade, which can be roughly divided into the following types
She Taicui, Inner Mongolia
She Taicui was formed in the siliceous sediments on the seabed hundreds of millions of years ago. After many geological tectonic movements and chromium-containing hydrothermal infiltration, it was formed. Quartzite, which mainly contains chromium, is light green to white, translucent, hard and dense in texture, delicate and moist after polishing, bright in color, and pleasing to the eye.
Xinjiang Hotan Jade
Hotan Jade is composed of actinolite of the hornblende group. It is the main source of ancient jade in China. Produced in the foothills of Kunlun Mountains and river beds. Mainly in Hotan area. Its jade quality is hard and delicate. The mineral material produced in the mountains is mountain jade, and the mineral material produced in the river bed is seed material. According to the color, it is divided into white jade, topaz, jasper, black jade, sapphire, sugar jade, etc. The fine white jade is pure and flawless and is called mutton-fat jade. Other colors that are pure and flawless are also difficult to obtain and therefore valuable.
Daqian Jade
Daqian Jade is also known as Tuojiang Daqian Jade, Changhong Jade, Tuojiang Jade, Daqianzi Jade, Tuojiang Water Jade, Tuojiang Colorful Jade, and Yangtze Sister Jade. It is a variety of jade produced in the Tuojiang River Basin in Sichuan Province. The collective name for seed jade. Because the Tuojiang River originates from Jiuding Mountain in Maoxian County, Sichuan, it has many tributaries and changes. The jade materials it produces are diverse and colorful. In addition, the main stream of the Tuojiang River passes through Zizhou (now Sichuan), where the famous official Chang Hong of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was exiled. Ziyang area and Neijiang area in Sichuan), Neijiang City in Sichuan Province is the hometown of the famous Chinese painting master Zhang Daqian, so the jade materials produced in Tuojiang River are respected by jade players as Changhong Jade and Daqian Jade.
Xiushan Jade
It is named after it is produced in Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province. The main component is bean green fiber snakeskin stone, which is soft and has low hardness. The color is mostly light green, light yellow, fruit green, etc., translucent or opaque, and the surface has a fat-like luster. It is the earliest jade material distributed and utilized in my country. Due to its large output, it is the most abundant jade material today.
Nanyang Jade
Also known as Dushan Jade. It is a kind of jade with complex composition and various minerals. It is hard and delicate. Its main components are plagioclase, zoisite, epidote, amphibole, diopside, etc. It is based on the three colors of green, purple and white. Often in a variety of colors, jade craftsmen carve different items according to their natural colors, which is suitable for pretty craftsmanship. Nanyang jade has a long history of mining and use.
Lantian Jade
Produced in Lantian County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, Lantian has been famous for its jade production since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem about the warm sun in Lantian and the smoke in jade. Later, mining was stopped due to exhaustion of old mines. The jade currently mined in Lantian is made into marble, which is a kind of serpentinized diopside, opaque, and its colors are yellow-green, dark green, emerald green, etc.
Mi County Jade
Produced in Xizhuquan Temple, Xinmi, Henan. It is a kind of sedimentary metamorphic quartzite. Lower hardness. Colors include green, crimson, white, yellow, etc. The more typical dense jade has small black dots in the dense green. After polishing, the surface has a sparkling glass luster.
Beijing White Jade
Produced in Mentougou, Beijing, it is a kind of pure white and dense quartzite. The fiber interwoven structure is different from other jade materials. It has a granular structure. Its nature is brittle. The polished surface resembles mutton-fat jade.
Turquoise
In the Neolithic Age, it was used as decoration together with sapphire, agate and other jade stones. In ancient times, it was known as Jingzhou stone or Xiangyang Dianzi. Turquoise is a cryptocrystalline block of copper oxide, or nodule, with different shades of blue, green and other colors, often containing iron wires, with a hardness of 100% and a waxy luster. Hubei produces high-quality turquoise, which is famous both at home and abroad. Our country's turquoise, in addition to its famous origin in northwest Hubei, has been found in Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Anhui, Henan and other provinces in recent years. Hubei produces high-quality turquoise, which is famous both at home and abroad. Since the counties in northwest Hubei were under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Road in ancient times, the turquoise produced in the counties in northwest Hubei was also called Xiangyang Dianzi, and the mining history is also long. However, Persia is the most famous turquoise producer in the world. Because it was imported to European countries through Turkey, it is also known as turquoise or Turkic jade.
Hongshan Jade
In the Hongshan Cultural Circle of Inner Mongolia, the highest quality jade mine was discovered in the hometown of China’s No. 1 Dragon. North latitude and east longitude. Inflection point coordinates. The altitude is meters, the vein length is more than meters, the width is about meters, the depth is more than meters (estimated depth is about meters), the prospect reserve is 10,000 cubic meters (if cheap jade material is installed, it is 200 billion yuan per calculation), Mohs hardness, refractive index, density, light It is a cryptocrystalline aggregate, translucent and translucent, between glass luster and grease luster. It is large in size, fine in texture, has good moisturizing properties, has various colors, and is rich in exquisite materials. In terms of color and moisturizing properties, it is very similar to Hetian jade, and some resemble Shoushan stone. Comprehensive analysis, this material is second only to Hetian jade, but better than mid-range Hetian jade, and better than Qinghai white jade, Dushan jade, Lantian jade, Xiu jade and other resistant jade. The composition is close to that of chalcedony, but it does not have the luster of glass. It has the luster of jade, so it is a new jade material. This vein is a quartz vein line and is a relatively stable vein in geology. It is very likely that huge jade king materials will appear during the mining process.
Amethyst
Amethyst was first discovered in China after the Amethyst mine in Arizona, USA. The color is very purple, much higher than the color of amethyst. It can be used to make high-end complete sets of jewelry. The width of the vein is about half a meter and the depth is more than 1 meter. It should be the largest and most valuable vein in the gem mine.
Mutton-fat white jade
Mutton-fat white jade is a gem-grade material in Hetian jade. It is the best pure white jade and has the best luster and texture. It is warm, moist, dense, translucent, pure and white. Flawless, like gelatin, hence the name. The easiest way to distinguish this jade from ordinary white jade is to view it under a white fluorescent lamp. Facing a fluorescent lamp, mutton-fat white jade appears pure white and translucent, with a pinkish mist.
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Types of jade