How much does Huanglong jade cost? A comprehensive analysis of the market
Huanglong jade is a new type of jade discovered in Longling, Yunnan in 2004. Its main components include silicon dioxide and muscovite. Its main colors are yellow and red, and it also comes in sheep-fat white, greenish white, black, gray, green and other colors. It was originally called yellow wax stone. In the eyes of the locals, it has a color like Tianhuang and the hardness of jadeite. Let us take a look below at how much Huanglong jade costs!
How much does Huanglong jade cost?
In early 2004, good mountain material of Huanglong jade cost only a few yuan per kilogram on the market, but it has now risen to several thousand yuan and even tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram. Top-grade seed material, turf material, mountain-and-water material, grass-flower material and others are even harder to find because resources are scarce, and prices are in rapid and continuous growth. The speed of its price increase has created a miracle in the history of jade. The main reason is that the excellent quality and uniquely rich colors of Huanglong jade have won high recognition from professionals, investors and the general public.
How to appreciate Huanglong jade
1. Color: The colors of Huanglong jade include pale yellow, golden yellow, orange-red, tangerine red, pigeon-blood red, pale red, golden orange-red and others. These tones are all the most active, most prosperous, most noble and most vital and infectious auspicious colors among warm colors. This is the first factor that makes Huanglong jade highly favored and valuable.
2. Transparency: Huanglong jade is generally uniformly translucent. When observed against light, the edges or thinner parts of the jade material show orange-yellow light transmission. When illuminated with a flashlight, the halo is relatively wide, and when shone close to the edge it can often be transparent to 3-6 cm. Finished products after processing have a pure and clear texture.
3. Moistness: Huanglong jade has a fine, dense, pure and clear texture with no impurities, so the effect after polishing is excellent, delicate, soft, moist and clear and lively.
4. Hardness: The hardness of Huanglong jade is 6.5-7. When there are more aluminum and iron silicate components, the hardness will decrease slightly. During processing it is very “hard” on tools, and takes a bit more work than carving jadeite.
How to choose Huanglong jade
1. Color: Jadeite is beautiful in green, and Hetian's sheep-fat white is also famous. When choosing Huanglong jade, apart from Huanglong jade water-grass flower, it is basically best to choose red and yellow, and darker colors are better. Some people think white Huanglong jade is also quite beautiful. The author does not object, but relatively speaking, red and yellow can better reflect the characteristics of Huanglong jade.
2. Cotton and cracks: Cheap Huanglong jade more or less has flaws. For personal collection and handling when choosing, of course the fewer flaws in the Huanglong jade you buy the better. You can bring a flashlight yourself or take the Huanglong jade product into direct sunlight for careful observation. It is relatively common for jadeite to have cotton, but when choosing Huanglong jade it is best to choose products with fewer cracks and less cotton.
3. Carving: The jade you buy is generally used for appreciation, handling, wearing and collection, so of course the more beautiful the Huanglong jade the better. Huanglong jade with good carving is vivid in image and smooth in lines, and some is quite creative, making just the right use of the Huanglong jade's color cleverly in carving, and so on. Of course, friends with the means and skill in carving can carry out further processing.
4. Type of material: Type of material is generally relatively difficult for beginners to distinguish. Some relatively simple tips can be shared. Look at the fineness of the Huanglong jade. The smoother the surface of Huanglong jade after polishing, and the absence of fine granular products, the better the type of material. A superior yellow Huanglong jade material is like the feeling of honey just blooming in water. This kind of material is called sugar-heart material.