Thursday, April 24, 2008

Once again unscramble Chinese jade A

A,
Jade in China is a very common thing, because in the traditional Chinese view is all beautiful stone can be called jade and that view has been for thousands of years. Therefore, if we use the ancient Chinese view of any person on the stone may call these stones are jade. For example, Hanbai jade is the white marble, Dongling jade is a quartz, snow jade is calcium carbonate.
Hardness, Mok's hardness is greater than 5.5,it can scratch Ordinary glass.
Color, bright, beautiful and pure. White is best , not including Jadeite.
Inclusion, more less more good,that is pure. If, jade internal

containing impurities, different colors mixed together on the poor.
Oily, general and jade stone is relative is dry and, if jade and calcification of corruption, will lose the oily, is dry.
B ,

Modern Chinese people believe in science, so modern jade and Gem

industry are classified on the ancient jade. 1, Nephrite, mainly

divided into two categories. a, Hetian jade,tremolite, which is the

main origin of Xinjiang's Hetian County, and other places as well. Its

characteristic is the Chinese people's favorite, so prices is very very

high.

b, Hemo jade , the main Chemical Composition is actinolite stone and

hornblende, but also to the nephrite, is the main origin of Liaoning,

in other places as well. Hongshan culture jade, and Liangzhu cultural

jade, which are mainly Hemo jade, but jade is different from the

original place of production, so colour of Hongshan jade and Liangzhu s

is different.

2, Feicui is jadeite, mainly produced in Myanmar. It is in China's

history from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, which is about no more

than 350 years. 3, Dushan Jade is jadeite. 4, Xiuyan jade, mainly

produced in Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province, the major components is

serpentine. Chinese people think it is jade, and the Americans deny,

therefore, China's sellers write Xiu jade or Xiuyan jade, and no one

writes serpentine. 5, Local miscellaneous jade, each area will produce

some beautiful stones, and the stone looks like nephrite

characteristics , so that stone was called jade also.
To be continued


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