Difference Between Green Jade and Jasper
The color of green jade is cyan and slightly grayish. Jasper is rich in color, but it is mainly green, and the two colors are relatively close, and many jade lovers are easy to buy green jade as jasper, how to distinguish it?
Green jade is formed from carbonates, with a single composition and a uniform structure. One rough stone has the same color, and no other color. The light is deep, the aperture is bluish, and the structure is pure. Among them, Taqing in the green jade is the most famous.
Jasper is formed from ultramafic salts, the main component of which is iron ions. The color of a rough stone is uneven and inconsistent. There are black dots inside the structure. Jasper is famous for its sandwich material and cat's eye.
The color of jasper is richer than that of green jade, the structure is finer than that of green jade, and the price is generally higher than that of green jade.