What makes one jade bangle $400 and another $17,000? 💚✨ The $400 piece has beautiful, vibrant green color (as we all know, it's a desirable color in jade), but you can see a coarse texture and a large natural line running through it—both big factors that bring value down. The higher-end piece, on the other hand, shows fine, smooth texture, rich saturation, and strong translucency. Those three elements together are what push jadeite into premium territory. Color translucency texture = the founda

What does “good texture” in jade actually look like? 💚✨ In jadeite, texture (种 zhǒng) is the “root” of quality because everything else, from translucency to luster, stems from it. Using a macro lens, we compared rough, large-crystal texture to smoother, fine-grained icy jade so you can really see the difference. Understanding what jade texture looks like is also key in helping you identify real vs fake jade, so definitely not a video to miss! 👀 Stayed tuned for part 2 tomorrow where we examine