The color of jadeite is mainly turquoise, with different shades, but there are light green, green yellow, gray green, turquoise, oil green, dark green and dark green. Sometimes it also contains dark red, iron red, orange red, black gray, blue and white and other variegated colors. Because of its various colors, jade can be used to carve all kinds of beautiful handicrafts.
Color beauty can also be used for jewelry stones. Its carved products have a wide range, which can be used to make large Shanghai, bottles, embalm, ding, figures, flowers and birds, as well as small necklaces, flowers, small pieces, other pieces, bracelets and so on.
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Jade can be divided into well jade, pit jade, stone jade and river jade according to the type of origin. According to the origin, there are Wagou jade and Xiyugou jade.
Shi Chong, a rich man in Jin Dynasty, had many treasures at home. His handmaid was good at distinguishing jade articles after a long period of contact. The jade in the west and north is today's white jade. Jade in the east and south is a kind of jade.
The quality of xiuyan jade is uniform in texture, free of miscellaneous stones and impurities, bright in color, with sufficient water head and graded according to size.
In addition to Xiuyan in Liaoning, there are many serpentine jade producing areas in China.
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