Hetian jade is recognized as the king of soft jade in the world, mainly white jade, topaz, black jade, jasper, sapphire, and so on. Jasper is a kind of translucent and nearly opaque chalcedony, which can be used in various colors, such as red, yellow, brown, green, and blue. The chemical composition is microcrystalline SiO2, with a hardness close to 7. It can be used as ornamental stone or carving handicraft. Another refers to the translucent, spinach green soft jade, the color and the structure is not very uniform, sometimes contains the green shade stone, the magnetite formation of the ribbon and the color group. The mineral composition of soft jade is dominated by amphibolite - actinolite, and the chemical composition is calcium, magnesium, iron silicate, hardness of 6 ~ 6.5. Delicate texture, grease or waxy luster, with slippery feeling. Used for making utensils or crafts.
Chinese jade craft industry is used to the foreign production of soft jade (mostly green) called jasper.
Jasper is one of the cultivars of hetian jade. It produces the largest output in the southern margin of junggar basin in China, so jasper is also known as "natrium jade". Jasper is used in making utensils, and some of them are used for making jewelry and jade articles. It is also a good choice for jade carvings. The texture of jasper is fine as dark green, with few flaws. In mid qing dynasty emperor qianlong, jasper to become commonly used jade palace, they are also good at drawing, painting, sculpture, arts and crafts collection lines to Yin and Yang, the flat convex, implicit, hollow out and other traditional craftsmanship, and with flexible and attracted foreign art influence, creation and development of the jade craft of manufacturability, adornment sex is extremely strong. With distinct time characteristics and high artistic attainments.
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In addition to jasper, among them, the yellow jade like chicken oil is a good quality, the purple jade is usually a light powder, the black jade is the jade on the jade, green jade is the white jade. Usually white jade is the best.
Jade is abundant in variety, but jade is precious and rare, so many collectors like to collect jade.
Reference Asia gem association (GIG) local jade research report: jade green, the water cut of silicate Jasper, chemical composition: CaMg5 (OH2) (Si4O11) 2 identification characteristics: jade in the black spots (chromium spinel) as the basic characters of hetian jade. Genesis: the ultrabasic rock is formed by hydrothermal alteration, so it contains the element of ultrabasic rock, such as nickel, cobalt and chromium, and other soft jade is not available.
Famous place of origin: xinjiang, Canada, New Zealand and Russia.
Jasper is one of the varieties of hetian jade. It is the largest production in the southern margin of junggar basin in China, so jasper is also known as "natrium jade". Jasper is a kind of translucent, spinach green soft jade, the color and structure are not very uniform, jasper's texture is delicate like the dark green lipids, very few defective. Delicate texture, grease or waxy luster, with slippery feeling. Chinese jade craft industry is used to the foreign production of soft jade (mostly green) called jasper.
Beautiful jasper appreciation.
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Relatively speaking, xinjiang is black, while Russian jade is more green. Therefore, generally speaking, the Russian jasper is more beautiful than xinjiang, but the price difference between the two.
Jasper is a kind of translucent, spinach green soft jade, the color and structure is not very uniform, sometimes contains the green shade stone, the magnetite formation of the ribbon and the color group. The mineral composition of soft jade is dominated by amphibolite - actinolite, and the chemical composition is calcium, magnesium, iron silicate, hardness of 6 ~ 6.5. Delicate texture, grease or waxy luster, with slippery feeling. Used for making utensils or crafts. Chinese jade craft industry is used to the foreign production of soft jade (mostly green) called jasper.
Beautiful jasper appreciation.
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Jasper is a variety of soft jade. In China, the largest yield is produced in manna county in the southern margin of junggar basin, so jasper is also known as "marinus jade". Jasper is used in making utensils, and some of them are used for making jewelry and jade articles. It is also a good choice for jade carvings. The texture of jasper is fine as dark green, with few flaws. In mid qing dynasty emperor qianlong, jasper to become commonly used jade palace, they are also good at drawing, painting, sculpture, arts and crafts collection lines to Yin and Yang, the flat convex, implicit, hollow out and other traditional craftsmanship, and with flexible and attracted foreign art influence, creation and development of the jade craft of manufacturability, adornment sex is extremely strong. With distinct time characteristics and high artistic attainments.