How to distinguish between water foam and jade?

September 02, 2021

Some of the Cuiyou can't distinguish between the water foam and the jade. Like the picture below, the interior is relatively clean and may not be separated. The water foam with the inclusions is different. The following details how to distinguish between two types of jade.

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1. What is the water foam?

Is TA a jade? Water foam is not jade, it is a jade-like mineral. The main mineral component of the water foam is albite, followed by a small amount of pyroxene minerals and amphibole minerals. The mineralogical properties such as hardness, specific gravity and refractive index of water foam are different from those of jadeite.

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2. Why is TA often confused with jade?

The water foam is a jade stone associated with the jadeite vein. The color is white or grayish white. It has fewer white spots and ribbons. The distribution is uneven. The blue-colored ribbon is called “water-blue flower”. Because the water foam head is very good, transparent or translucent, like ice jade, often processed into bracelets, pendants and carvings on the market, many people are difficult to distinguish.

The picture below shows the glassy jade green beans and the watery green beans from left to right.

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Third, why is the price difference between TA and jade?

How to distinguish between water foam and jade?

The water foam is a kind of albite, and the jadeite is a jade-grade polycrystalline aggregate composed of jade, omphacite and sodium chromite. There is a big difference in the mineral storage of the two. Sodium feldspar has a wide distribution in the world, and the polycrystalline aggregate of jadeite is only in Burma, my domestic Mongolian, Korean peninsula and other places of origin, and the quality of jadeite in other places is far less than that of Myanmar, plus the market for jade. It is not surprising that the price of Burmese jade is rising.

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4. What are the simple ways to distinguish and identify?

1. Magnifying glass observation method

"Water foam" is mainly composed of albite, which is not green, and has more white "stone" and "cotton".

Completely different from the emerald's inclusions

As we all know, Cui is an important feature to distinguish jade and other similar jade. The appearance of jadeite is "snow flake", "mosquito wing", "shaxing", etc.; and the cleavage surface of water foam can appear Similar to the jadeite "Shaxing", but not obvious, just the appearance of zero stars, you can compare it from the picture! Also, the star flash of the water foam is not called green (Note: This method is limited to the identification of unpolished jade and water foam, which is not suitable for the identification of finished products.)

The picture below shows the water foam bracelet.

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2, handcuffs

The proportion of water foam (2.57~2.64) is much smaller than that of jadeite. If you are a novice, you should hold the water foam in one hand and the natural jade in the other hand. The water foam has a feeling of lightness, and the jade has a thug feel. When there is more contrast, there will naturally be a touch.

3, there are floating flowers to see floating flowers

Many people said that it is impossible to distinguish between the floating flower water foam and the floating flower jade. The flower of the water foam is not so much as “floating”, but rather “embedded”.

The flower of the emerald is integrated into the foundation like the beautiful ink. It is ethereal, and the flower of the water foam is very three-dimensional. To be honest, it is thrown into the water like a colorful mud block.

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