Recently chatted with a jade friend, he was very interesting, spent hundreds of thousands of special seeds to play, friends think he is crazy, but he said that he used to like white very much, and then took medicine and was afraid, after accidentally playing with a piece of non-white seed material, it was really fragrant...
Generally speaking, the impact of whiteness on the seed material can be described as significant, almost can be said that the white difference is one degree, and the price difference is thousands of miles. There is even a saying that as long as it is white enough, many flaws may be covered, but blindly pursuing whiteness will ignore many hidden problems under whiteness.
But then again, is the value of non-white material necessarily low? Good material, must be white?
First, the whiter the seed, the better?
Many new jade friends are starting from white jade as a collection, which is understandable, but jade friends who know a little about jade should understand that the quality of a piece of seed material needs to be judged from many aspects such as fineness, oiliness, fat powder feeling, etc., whiteness is only one of the keys, if you blindly seek whiteness, it is easy to take medicine, imitating the way of seeds.
In fact, to discuss the whiteness, Russian material, Qinghai material whiteness is better, but relative to the seed material, fineness and oil wetness is inferior, and the whiteness of the seed material is not single, is a very comfortable feeling, such as fat white, warm white, etc., this white is warm and restrained, not stiff white, not fried white, not stuffy, the more you play, the more flavorful.
Moreover, there is a saying in the industry, ten white and nine pines, which can be understood as when the material is white to a certain extent, it may sacrifice the jade, such as looking relatively loose, with a cloud-like structure, or the material with good meat quality, which is not so white.
And the whiter the whiteness, the more likely it is to have problems such as jerky water penetration and insufficient jade, which looks more raw, and it will feel that the material is relatively oily, and there is a transparent and tender feeling.
As everyone says, mutton fat jade is not famous for whiteness, but like mutton fat warm and moist to people's hearts, so playing jade is ultimately based on jade quality to talk about whiteness.
Second, the factors that affect whiteness
In fact, the identification of whiteness is not so difficult, just a suitable proton, more look and contrast can be done in the heart, but there are also some internal and external factors to affect our judgment of whiteness.
From the jade quality, the main component of the seed material is tremolite, which can affect the whiteness of Hetian jade, and the content of actinolite directly determines whether it is flashing, not that actinolite is not good, if actinolite is insufficient, interweaving is not enough, the structure will be looser, on the contrary, the greenish seed material is often oily and generally better.
From a visual point of view, different light sources also have a certain impact on the judgment of whiteness, such as natural light, indoor light, and chromaticity under strong lights, which is why the material that looks white under the lights in the store may not be so white outdoors.
In addition, in general, the whiteness of seed material with skin is slightly lower than that without skin, because the whiteness of jade is more or less affected by the color of the skin, and it is also related to the formation of the skin color, so when the seed material is peeled, the whiteness may be whitened a lot, and the darker the skin color, the more obvious the effect of peeling and whitening.
In fact, within a certain thickness range, a relatively thick piece of material may not look so white.
For example, the jade seal and brand material made of the same material, the thinner brand material will look whiter than the jade seal, generally speaking, the color of the blue material and the jade meticulous material will be better after the whitening effect will be better.
Third, the benefits of not being white
In fact, white has the benefits of whiteness, and there are also benefits of not being white.
May be in the eyes of the new Yuyou, the first choice is white, in the same price to choose the whitest is the cost performance, but for practitioners or old players, the cost performance must start from fineness.
If you put aside the skin color and whiteness, the fineness is not enough, the structure of the loose material, in the production of relatively easy to collapse, there may be problems such as layer or edge chipping, resulting in the utilization rate of the material is not too high, so the material with good fineness is also a guarantee for the process.
And the material with good fineness, after polishing, can highlight the oiliness and fat powder of the jade itself, which can better show the beauty of the jade itself, such materials often have a certain cost performance because they are not white, and because of this, they are loved by players who pursue jade.
There is no perfect material in the world, white and not white have their own good.
If you like whiteness, then from the jade quality to give up some, after all, there is a sacrifice to get, if you want to be white, to be fine, but also oil, such a material is either a drug price or a sky-high price, what do you think?