Difference between Hetian jade seed material and mountain material

As Hetian jade, the difference between Hetian jade seed material and mountain material is great, from the output form to the jade quality characteristics and price value.

Hetian jade seed material is produced in the middle and lower reaches of the river, which is formed by mountain material being brought into the river in geological movement and washed by the river for hundreds of millions of years. Mountain material is the primary ore of Kunlun Mountain, while seed material is the secondary ore. The seed material reserves are limited, and the mountain material reserves are huge.

The seed material is small, goose-egg-shaped, smooth in appearance, large in mountain material, angular in jade and rough in jade surface; The seed material has fine texture, high hardness, good oiliness, warm luster and rough texture, and the hardness and oiliness are worse than those of the seed material; The skin color formed by running water infiltration is distributed on the surface of seed material. Skin color has various colors, thin, and the color gradually fades from the outside to the inside. There are many sugar skins on the surface of mountain material, and its jade skin is thicker and rougher than seed material. The surface of seed material will be densely covered with "hair", but mountain material will not; After the seed material is played and maintained, the jade will be more delicate, moist and oily, while the mountain material may be drier after playing.

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