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Water foam, the companion of jade.

"The green bamboo is like a green pond, dripping with exquisite and colorful light."

This song is about jade. A good jade can talk and touch your heart with her brilliance. Looking closely at her connotation, unlike Xiuyu's light texture, Jade reveals her unique nobility and profound accumulation.

Emerald is therefore highly sought after, and unscrupulous merchants have seized this point, pretending to be high-quality jadeite with water foam to deceive consumers and make high profits.

Water foam, also known as "water foam jade", is an associated mineral of jadeite. Ink is albite jade, which belongs to the same family as moonlight jade in composition. Water foam has high transparency, and like glass jade, the price difference between them is thousands of times.

There is still a big difference between water foam and jade. Next, let's take a look at the difference and identification method between jade and water foam. I believe that after reading it, you will never regard foam as jade again.

Looking at the internal structure first, the water foam is mainly composed of albite, which is not obvious, and there are more "stone brain" and "cotton" inside.

Second, look at the luster. The refractive index of blisters is lower than that of jadeite, and the luster is better than that of jadeite.

Third, weigh the weight. The density of jadeite is 3.33, while the density of foam is 2.6. When measured by hand, jadeite is obviously heavy, but the foam feels light and there is no sinking feeling.

Fourth, listen to the timbre. Jade is harder and denser than water foam. When you tap them gently, the sound of jade will be crisp and pleasant, and the sound of water foam will be dull.

Speaking of foam, your first reaction may be: fake. Not really. Associated minerals with similar properties are not equal to fakes. As far as impersonating jade is concerned, water foam is fake. But as far as it is concerned, water foam is a kind of jade and has its own value. If you are not paranoid about jade, foam is also a good choice. Pay attention to the usual maintenance: anti-collision, anti-scratch, anti-high temperature and so on.