How to identify Myanmar jadeite

There are many people who buy jade, but there are also many people who buy fake goods. In fact, the comprehensive evaluation of jade quality is a complicated task.

Mainly speaking:

First look at the degree of transparency of its texture. Transparency refers to the degree of translucent jade. It can be divided into several grades: micro-transparent, semi-translucent, micro-translucent, and opaque. Cracks and impurities will affect the color, transparency and polished luminosity, cracks, especially penetrating cracks. The existence of this will greatly reduce the price of jadeite.

Texture refers to the quality of emerald green surroundings. Including the delicate degree of minerals, the number of cracks and impurities, transparency, color, and the degree of coordination of the overall and green. The texture is actually a comprehensive evaluation mark and an intuitive impression. The quality of the texture, to some extent, represents the quality of jadeite.

In general, jade is the best transparent or transparent, and the connoisseurs call it "old jade" and have the highest value. Translucent jade called "new and old species", followed by price. The jade is opaque, and the dry hair is called “new species of jade” with a low value.

The second is to see colors. The color of jadeite is ever-changing, with rich green, bright red and violet. Which is green and expensive. The evaluation of green quality is measured by the words “concentrate, positive, pretty, positive, and positive”. Its meaning is:

Thick: green, dark green, green and black but not black.

Yang: bright and bright, not gray nor dark.

Qiao: beautiful and beautiful, with the meaning of youth.

Positive: Green is pure, green without blue, blue and other miscellaneous shades.

And: The green is even, harmonious, and it does not mess up.

The order of pros and cons of green varieties is green, microstrip gray green, yellow-green, microstrip green, gray green.

Note: The evaluation of green should not be under strong light, not under transmitted light, but under natural reflected light.

Jade is rich in colors, green, red, purple, gray, yellow, white and other colors, of which the most valuable is green. According to the shades of green, it is subdivided into more than 10 kinds of gems green, brilliant green, glass green. The quality emerald green is rich, transparent, oily, and free of impurities, and its sound is crisp and loud when struck with a hardware.

Special grade: also known as emerald emerald, color green (grandmother green) pure, rich, uniform, high transparency. Fine texture, no cracks. This emerald is very rare, the price is extremely expensive.

Commercial grade: also known as commercial jadeite. This jade green is often mixed with other shades. The green shade canvas is not even, and translucent - opaque. The texture is dense and delicate, and the color is bright. The higher transparency is the top grade and the price is more expensive.

Ordinary level: also known as ordinary jade, the color is mostly pale green, green beans, spinach green, oil green and other not bright green, uneven density, uneven distribution, mostly opaque, thick structure, often split, high quality can be used Jewelry is mostly used to make crafts.