Hello everyone, I'm Xiaobai, I'm glad to meet you again! Gao Lian of the Ming Dynasty had this description in the Eight Notes of Zunsheng: "Jade is preceded by sweet and yellow, followed by mutton fat." "Reading this, many novice players may be confused. What exactly does ganhuang mean here? Is it better than mutton fat jade?
Xiao Bai said jade, today we will talk about the topaz in Hetian jade.
First look at the diagram:
1. What is Topaz?
Topaz, referring to topaz seed material, is an extremely valuable variety of seed material. The color of topaz is native, just like some people are born with yellow hair, not acquired color. Now, real topaz is generally considered to be absent.
2. Topaz in Hetian Jade
Although topaz in the true sense of the word is considered to not exist now, this does not mean that there is no yellow jade in Hetian jade. In general, we see the following common:
1. Huang Qin
HuangQin generally refers to the iron impregnation of Hetian jade seed material from the outside to the inside. The color of the material is formed later, not original.
Huang Qin
Some of the fleshy yellow materials are also yellow after cutting, so they will look very similar to topaz. But scientifically speaking, it can't be called topaz.
Chicken fat yellow yellow Qin
Qin material is a kind of material that is very fun to play with the plate ~ after the disk play, it is easy to have a feeling of oil.
2. Yellow mouth
Huangkou is a kind of Hetian jade, usually referring to the Hetian Yushan material Huangkou material. Its color is yellowish and bluish yellow, and its luster is soft. In a sense, huangkou is the closest to topaz.
But here we need to be clear that Huangkoushi is not an official name, and the objects of reference are also very confusing.
The main production areas of the yellow mouth material we see now are Kunlun Mountain, Ruoqiang, Zhimu, Black Mountain, Arjin Mountain, Northeast Huangkou, Qinghai Huangkou, Russian Huangkou and so on.
Ruoqiang yellow mouth
Qinghai Huangkou
3. River abrasives
There are also yellow-hued jade seeds in the river abrasive, the seed material is often said to be the river mill jade, the mountain material is commonly known as yellow and white old jade, and the field is also called the northeast yellow mouth material.
This material is characterized by a pure color, delicate jade and good warmth. However, many of the northeastern yellow mouths have a blue hue, which is not the kind of pure yellow.
3. How to choose the yellow mouth?
Regarding the selection of yellow mouthpieces, it is a little different from other Hetian Yu. Usually we buy Hetian jade, mostly based on jade, emphasizing not to pursue excessive color, jade is the most critical.
But for yellow mouthpiece, it is precisely to pursue color, because yellow mouthpiece is that the yellower the color, the warmer the jade, the better.
Finally, let's summarize it together:
Well, today's Little White said that jade is here. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a message, Xiaobai look forward to answering for you! See you next time!