What is the true color of jade?

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Jade is often associated with the color green, as it is the most common shade of the gemstone. But unlike red rubies and blue sapphires, jade exhibits six different colors naturally (green, red, yellow, lavender, black and white).

Is jade a shade of green?

The stone itself is typically of a green hue, but variations of it can range anywhere from a pale green/brown to near black. The color name “Jade” itself can refer to several shades of green. There were many deposits of jade throughout China, which are all (now) mostly depleted.

What color does jade mean?

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Green is the traditional and most prized jade color. Jade also occurs in colors like black, white, purple, blue, yellow, red, and orange. All jade shares the same symbolism, but extra meaning can be derived by the color of a stone. Green is for friendship, harmony, and renewal.

What is a good jade color?

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Hue (zheng): Top-quality jadeite is pure green. While its hue position is usually slightly more yellow than that of fine emerald and it never quite reaches the same saturation of color, the ideal for jadeite is a fine “emerald” green. No brown or gray modifiers should be present in the finished piece.

What Stone looks like jade?

Chalcedony can be a very close gemstone look-alike with jade. It can be differentiated from jade using is lower specific gravity and by a variety of instrumental methods. Serpentine occurs in a variety of wonderful translucent to nearly transparent green and yellowish green colors that look very much like jade.

Is darker or lighter jade better?

But jadeite’s most desirable color is, in fact, a very specific shade of green. Intense colors command a substantial premium over lighter and weaker colors. Black jade is also popular, along with orange to reddish jade, especially when these colors are not brownish.

What color of jade is most valuable?

Jadeite comes in a wide range of colors. The most valuable is an intense green called Imperial.

What color of Jade is the most expensive?

The most expensive type of jade, known as imperial jade, will come from Myanmar, but some can be found in parts of Mexico and Russia. This type alone can start at $1,000 per carat. This jade will have a deep green color and is considered to be very rare.

What is jades real color?

While jade is most known for being green, it can actually range wildly in color. While a deep, bright green and white jade are typically most popular, the stone can occur from orange to purple to black; really, any color of the rainbow. Jade may also have traces of multiple colors in one stone.

What are the most valuable jade colors?

The most common color for jadeite is a pale green. However, the most valuable jade is the emerald green imperial jade, a rare translucent to semi-transparent jadeite containing chromium. Imperial jade comes mainly from the Hpakan-Tawmaw jade tract in Kachin province in northern Burma.

How can you tell if a jade is high-quality?

Method 2 of 3: Doing Basic Tests Toss the stone in the air and catch it in your palm to see if it’s heavy. Touch the stone to the side of your face to see if it feels cool. Try to warm up the stone in your hand to see if it stays cool. Tap a suspected jade stone against a real piece of jade. Do a scratch test with your fingernail or a piece of metal.