Jade occupies a very important place in Chinese culture, and its significance is profound, not only mineralogical. The beauty of jade has five virtues, that is, tough texture, crystal clear luster, bright color, dense and transparent tissue, and the beautiful stone of the sound of soothing and far-reaching sound is considered jade. There are many types of jade and a wide range, let’s take a look at what are the types of jade.
1: Topaz animal face ornament, size: length 7cm, estimate: RMB 550,000 ~ 850,000, realized price: RMB 632,500
1. Jadeite (jadeite)
Jade is divided into nephrite and jadeite, and all but jadeite is jadeite, which is jadeite. Jadeite was originally a bird, and it was named after jadeite because bird’s feathers were often used as women’s jewelry in ancient times. Jadeite is very beautiful jade, named after beautiful birds over time. That is to say, jadeite that is mainly formed by jadeite, omphacite and sodachrome glow is called jadeite.
2, serpentine jade (xiuyu)
Serpentine jade is formed in the process of geological evolution, reaching the jade grade of microfiber serpentine minerals composed of aggregates. This kind of jade from uniform shade of green yellow to yellow, less impurities, very delicate texture, from translucent to almost transparent, with oil paint, deeply loved by people of all consumer classes.
2: White Jade Double Ear Gourd Bottle, Size: 21.8cm, Estimate: HKD 700,000 ~ 900,000, realized Price: HKD 625,000
3. Nephrite
Nephrite is primarily a collection of clear stone-actinolite series minerals, in addition to trace amounts of minerals such as translucentite, chlorite, serpentine, graphite and magnetite. Although there are many sources of nephrite in the world, nephrite produced in Hotan County, Xinjiang, China, has a long history and good quality, so now Hetian jade is regarded as nephrite, and Hetian jade no longer represents the place of origin.
4. Dushan jade
Dushan jade is produced by Dushan on the outskirts of Nanyang, Henan, China, and is a jade species unique to China. Dushan jade brings together a variety of colors, with a delicate texture, beautiful transparency and luster, and high hardness, which is comparable to jadeite. Judging from the cultural relics unearthed, it has a history of 5000~6000 years.
3: Qing 18th century white jade to ward off evil, size: 8.9cm, estimate: HKD 500,000 ~ 700,000, realized price: HKD 625,000
5. Turquoise
Turquoise products have beautiful colors and are loved by ancient and modern people. Gem-quality turquoise is produced during the activity of the earth’s crust, and in the case of jade-grade stone, it is mainly a dense mass composed of turquoise minerals.
6. Dense jade
Miyu is a relatively dense quartzite from Mi County, Henan, most of which contain dense jade green silk mica, which is green, as well as red, black, milky white and other colors.
4: Late Ming/Early Qing Dynasty 17th century topaz carved Crouching Deer Boy handle, size: 7.5cm, estimate: HKD 300,000 ~ 400,000, realized price: HKD 625,000
7. Aventurine
Aventurine is quartzite with a placer gold effect, which contains different impurities and expresses different colors. Chromium-containing mica is green, called green aventurine, blue aventurine with blue lines, and people containing lithium mica are called purple aventurine.
In addition to the 7 types we introduced above, there are actually many other types of jade, and we will not introduce them here because of time.