China has a long history of jade culture, warm and noble jade was once regarded as the symbol of the moral spirit of the Chinese nation.
In OUR COUNTRY RICH JADE RESOURCE, WITH CAVING CLIFF JADE, CAVING CLIFF, DUSHAN JADE AND TURQUOISE ARE THE MOST FAMOUS, BE CALLED “4 NAME JADE.
Hetian jade made of jade jewelry China’s four famous jade: Hetian jade distribution in Xinjiang Kunlun Mountains in the north slope.
The quality of jade is translucent, with a qualitative luster after polishing and a hardness of 5.5 ~ 6.5.
Hetian jade is born in the rock of 3,500 meters to 5,000 meters above sea level.
The jade block collected in the river bed is called seed jade, and that mined in the rock strata is mountain material.
The economic value evaluation of Hetian jade is based on the purity of color and texture, and its main varieties are: suet white jade, green jade, topaz, sugar jade, black jade, etc.
The ONLY JADE mining area is located in the northern suburbs of Nanyang city, “Dushan”, also known as “Nanyang jade.
Jade is plagioclase jade, fine and pure in texture, with oil or glass luster, good polishing performance, transparent and three or more kinds of tonal composition of multicolor jade, colorful color, hardness is greater than 6.5.
Varieties are mainly: white jade, green jade, green white jade, purple jade, topaz, hibiscus carbuncle and so on.
Xiuyu is named for its main origin in Xiuyan County, Liaoning.
Xiuyu IS FORMED IN THE metamorphic marble OF MAGNESIA QUALITATIVE carbonate ROCK, APPEARANCE is green, yellow green and pale white, translucent, after polishing is waxy luster, hardness is 3.5 ~ 5.
Tile ditch mine here jade mining has a long history, rich reserves.
Turquoise is copper oxide cryptocrystalline block, or tuberculous body, with different shades of blue, green and other colors, often contain iron wire, hardness is 5 ~ 6, waxy luster.
Hubei produces high quality turquoise, famous at home and abroad, and its handicrafts are very popular and sell well all over the world.
Jadeite, nephrite and opal nephrite: Hetian jade is a nephrite produced in Xinjiang, which is a rare jade in China. It is well-known at home and abroad, and its carvings are deeply welcomed in the domestic and foreign markets. It is the main variety developed in Xinjiang at present.
Nephrite deposits have been found in Sichuan, Liaoning and Jiangsu provinces, which have a good development prospect.
Taiwan nephrite is also very famous, but as a result of year by year mining, production is reduced, is now close to stop mining.
Jadeite: Jadeite found in our gemstone grade very few.
Opal: mainly refers to opal, because opal is the main component of opal.
High quality opal with color change effect, used as jewelry raw materials, has not been found in China.
Shaanxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu and other provinces (regions) produced are common opal, is a low-grade jade material.
Yunnan produced ordinary opal, processing effect is not good, fragile, can only process some jewelry and small handicrafts.
2. Dushan jade and other plum jade: produced in Henan, used to make flowers and birds, jade bracelets, utensils and other handicrafts.
Dushan jade: Produced in Henan Nanyang Dushan and the name, quartz jade.
Fine texture, bright color.
Sometimes more than 1000Kg of colorful jade material can be collected, creating conditions for the production of giant sculptures.
Rosaceite (peach blossom jade, Beijing Fencui) : mainly produced in Hunan, Sichuan, Qinghai, Beijing, Jiangsu and other places, is a better raw material for jade carving.
Hunan produces stone lions, elephants and flowers, birds, fish, insects, lifelike.
Sichuan with its carved animals, especially with its carved door lion, has been a hot commodity for people at home and abroad.
Beijing’s reserves have been dwindling year by year, and it is now mining sporadically.
Qinghai has not been specially mined, only in the mining of manganese ore, incidentally a small amount of production.
Jiangsu has not yet developed and utilized.
Turquoise: mainly produced in Hubei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Anhui, Xinjiang, in Jiangsu, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hebei, Gansu, Henan and so on have a small amount of output.
Colorful JADE (JIULONGBI) : Produced in Fujian, as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties have been famous, jade with a riot of colors, the characteristics of the contest, rich resources, good mining conditions.
Malachite: mainly produced in Guangdong, Yunnan, Hubei, Xinjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Sichuan also produced.
Hubei malachite belt is clear, high quality, but now rare.
Fluorite: mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Liaoning and other about 16 provinces (regions), Inner Mongolia fluorite resources are rich, ranked in the forefront of the country, purple yellow, green, colorless and so on.
Fluorite is mainly used for carving ornaments, display, more used as other jade substitutes, more used as ornamental stones and mineral specimens.
3 seal stone Balin stone, Changshi, Qingtian stone, Shoushan stone and Changbai jade (kaolinite) are China’s “five seal stone”.
In addition, Guanggreen jade (sericite), Liyang stone, Shang Luo Cuiyu (Muscovite), Pingtang flower stone, Huangling jade, Dongxing stone, purple robe jade belt stone and so on are all ideal materials for carving seals.
Pyroxite: mainly produced in Zhejiang Qingtian Qingtian stone, Fujian Shoushan Shoushan stone and Jiangsu Liyang stone.
Chicken blood stone: mainly produced in Inner Mongolia Bahrain chicken blood stone and Zhejiang Changhua chicken blood stone.
