Speaking of ink jade, everyone will think of "black as pure lacquer", ink jade is one of the rare dark jade species in Hetian jade, its color is heavy and greasy, the texture is delicate, and it is as black as ink, which not only inherits the texture characteristics of Hetian jade as warm as grease, its skin color such as ink and lacquer, but also gives people a dignified and thick, smooth and elegant feeling.
The more sensational in the industry is that Ma Yun collected 2 pieces of ink jade, which made ink jade famous. Because Chinese tradition likes suzaku red, important festive occasions are red, and the black represented by Xuanwu is the color of the clothes of the warriors and servants, and the dark clothes are the colors of the middle and lower classes of the hierarchical feudal society.
However, black to today, has become a symbol of young people's coolness, rebellion, uninhibited, is a different kind of fashion, wearing ink jade jewelry is a mixture of tradition and trend, is the contradiction between stubbornness and obedience, very much in line with the preferences of young people. In East Asia, the tattoos, rebellions, and streets represented by "juvenile subculture" have actually been, in a sense, the mainstream culture of teenagers. Especially Japan and South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
The main content of Hetian jade is tremolite, ink jade, graphite content to determine the jade color, ink jade lighting white light, because its base color is white jade, graphite scales black, mainly containing more than 60% graphite, density of about 2.95. And the black blue light through the green light, with black spots, because the black spots are unique to jasper, do not confuse the ink jade with the black blue.
Ink jade requires the color to be all ink, that is, the whole is black. It has a delicate texture and an oily luster. For ink jade, the dark one is the best product, but the edge of the jade should also be just the right light. To identify the real ink jade, you also need to see more, play more, and experience more.