I have several pieces of jadeite in different colors, red, lavender, yellow, white and green. Being somewhat of a purist, I just would like to know which are natural and not "enhanced." I just heard that the green is natural due to its proximity to aventurine in the mines. Thank you in advance for your interest and your thoughtful replies. I apologize for spelling because there seems to be no spell check in this block.
2006-08-05 01:38:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Jadeite comes in a range of colours. Green jadeite is coloured by a small chromium content and has nothing at all to do with aventurine which is green due to flakes of green mica which it contains. Telling the stained jades apart from natural is not always easy but careful examination under a microscope will usually show a concentration of colour between the crystalites. Analysis with a spectroscope is probably the surest method.
2006-08-06 13:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jade has many natural colors. The pastels are probably enhanced. When you compare real Jade with enhanced Jade, in a side by side comparison, it is easy to tell the high quality , natural Jade.
2006-08-05 10:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by sonny_too_much 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋