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Afghani jade is a white marble, referred to as "Ah Liu" in the industry, and the most obvious difference is that it has a layered structure and a granular structure.
White marble and Afghan jade are both white marbles, which are named because they have been used since the Han Dynasty, with high whiteness and resemblance to jade rather than jade"White marble"。White marble is mined, sliced, polished and used as a building material and carving material. The marble produced in Afghanistan is Afghan jade, and the identification characteristics of the two are similar, and the mineral composition is calcite.
It's just that Afghan jade sometimes looks more delicate, with a more pronounced layered structure, and is often carved into jade cabbage.
Afghan jade is quartz, very low hardness and high brittleness. The whiteness is uniform, the transparency is higher than that of Hetian jade, and the white is gray, giving people a very depressed color sense. This jade has relatively large grains, and it is generally easier for people who have studied jade identification to recognize it relatively easily, but beware of someone passing off Afghan jade as Hetian jade.
Nowadays, many places are almost called Afghan jade, which has become the name of this kind of jade, so the origin is uncertain.
Personally, I don't think it's up to grade, and there are a lot of people who used to pass it off as white jade. However, this jade is relatively cheap and looks good. However, it should be noted that its hardness is too low for the knife to carve. It's hard to maintain.
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The raw material of Afghan jade belongs to the marble category, and its price is relatively low.
And the output of Afghan jade is relatively large, its oiliness is poor, and the density is coarse, and Afghan jade is also called carbonate jade. The main ingredient calcite, only a small part of Afghan jade contains tremolite inside, which has a high hardness, so its value is relatively low.
Afghan jade, also known as carbonate jade, is mainly composed of calcite, so it is also called calcite jade. Afghan jade usually refers to a colored, carbonate jade, referred to as Ah material in the jade industry, which is a relatively common jade material.
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It symbolizes the stone of purity and is white in color with a vitreous luster. Afghan white jade is composed of exquisite calcite and tremolite species, the jade is beautiful, white and beautiful, similar to Xinjiang white jade, but ** cheaper than Xinjiang white jade. Pure and warm, there is a special lovely temperament.
Afghan white jade is like clotted fat, grease luster, fine and light inside, thick and warm, dense vein, and transparent water.
Afghan aristocratic families have spared no expense in purchasing white jade products, which can keep their homes warm in winter and cool in summer, so as to avoid suffering from the huge temperature difference in the local area. When local children get married, families who can afford it will try their best to match a white jade dowry to show grandeur. Due to the pure white color of white jade and the supernatural appearance, various ethnic religions are vying to use white jade to make holy relics, and more than 98% of the residents believe in Islam, which will treasure Afghan jade.
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