Jade is beautiful and stands for good luck. Most of the time, we are afraid the jade jewelry we buy is fake. Below are some easy steps to buy jade jewelry.
Tips:
1. Find out if the stone is a jadeite or nephrite mineral. Both jadeite and nephrite are similar in resemblance and hardness but differ in colors and chemical compositions. Jadeite is more expensive / higher value and has a wider range of colors.
2. Look for intense colors jade. A wide range of colors including various shades of green, yellow, red, white, lavender, brown and black. Green is the most popular color of jade. The more expensive jade is in darker green. Also semi transparent to translucent jade is more valuable than opaque jade.
3. Buy high quality jade. Jade comes in 3 grades. Grade A, B & C. Select Grade A jade is natural and untreated without undergone artificial treatments.
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Saturday, 9 May 2009
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Classification of Jade
Suspicious if the pieces of jade you own are artificial? Jade is classified to Grade A, B and C under international classification and used by the jade industry.
Grade A
This is natural and untreated jade. Only undergoes traditional process, which are not defined as ‘artificial treatments’ and recognized internationally. The natural color is also called ‘true color’.
Grade B
This is natural jade but chemically bleached to remove impurities and then impregnated with polymer to enhance translucency. This treatments damage the structure of the jade. The artificially treated Grade B jade is unnatural and become discolor after a period of time. Heat or household detergent will break down the polymer.
Grade C
This jade is not only chemically bleached to remove impurities but treated to enhance color. The color will be rich and becomes discolor after a period of time. The transparency and equality will lose under strong light, body heat and household detergent.
When you heard “Real Jade” or “Real Jade with Natural Color”, will you think it’s a Grade A jade? It may be a Grade A jade or it may not be. Grade B jade (treated jade) is still 100% real jade with 100% natural color but has been artificially treated.
Grade A
This is natural and untreated jade. Only undergoes traditional process, which are not defined as ‘artificial treatments’ and recognized internationally. The natural color is also called ‘true color’.
Grade B
This is natural jade but chemically bleached to remove impurities and then impregnated with polymer to enhance translucency. This treatments damage the structure of the jade. The artificially treated Grade B jade is unnatural and become discolor after a period of time. Heat or household detergent will break down the polymer.
Grade C
This jade is not only chemically bleached to remove impurities but treated to enhance color. The color will be rich and becomes discolor after a period of time. The transparency and equality will lose under strong light, body heat and household detergent.
When you heard “Real Jade” or “Real Jade with Natural Color”, will you think it’s a Grade A jade? It may be a Grade A jade or it may not be. Grade B jade (treated jade) is still 100% real jade with 100% natural color but has been artificially treated.
Friday, 17 April 2009
Chinese Jade
Chinese Jade is very rich in culture and has a long history. It went through a long process of development as early as the New Stone Age 10,000 years ago. 
Jade was made into many other items, such as vessels, tools, ornaments, utensils and etc. In ancient time, there were also musical instruments like flute and chime made out of jade.
For the Chinese, jade symbolizes power, status, beauty, perfection and prestige. They also believe jade can bring them luck, peace, wealth and health. There is a Chinese saying “Gold is valuable but jade is invaluable”. However, different people will have various views on the value of the same jade object. It is difficult to have a unanimous standard.
Jade was made into many other items, such as vessels, tools, ornaments, utensils and etc. In ancient time, there were also musical instruments like flute and chime made out of jade.
For the Chinese, jade symbolizes power, status, beauty, perfection and prestige. They also believe jade can bring them luck, peace, wealth and health. There is a Chinese saying “Gold is valuable but jade is invaluable”. However, different people will have various views on the value of the same jade object. It is difficult to have a unanimous standard.
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