What is Malay Jade?

Malay jade is also called Malaysian jade, Luzon jade, etc. It is an artificial imitation jade product. The main mineral is quartz. It is made by melting pure quartz or quartz crystal and adding colorant. Hardness 6.5~7, specific gravity 2.65, refractive index 154. A kind of jade that often appears on the market and is called "Malay Jade" by various merchants is actually an ordinary jade. It is dyed from quartzite and is a cheap imitation of jade. The name specified in the national standard is Quartzite (dyed) or dyed quartzite.

Some unscrupulous businessmen refer to green quartzite, Australian jade, aventurine and green glass as Malay jade in order to make profits. However, it can be judged accurately with the naked eye.

The difference between "Malay jade" and jadeite

In the 1980s, a bright green and uniform jade appeared on the jade market, which was used to make beads or ring faces. Many people think it is a "rare high-end jadeite". What exactly is this jade? This kind of jade is called Malaysian jade (referred to as Malaysian jade, also known as "Malay jade"), which is just a name. Malaysian jade is not produced in Malaysia. It is the name of a kind of fake jade that some Indian and Pakistani businessmen brought to the Yunnan border in large quantities to sell in the early days of the mainland's opening up. Malay jade is actually a very fine-grained quartzite dyed green, but there are obvious differences compared with jade:

1. Observed with the naked eye, the color of Malaysian jade is too bright and very unnatural.

2. The specific gravity of Malaysian jade is 2.65, which is much smaller than the specific gravity of jadeite, which is 3.24 ~ 3.43.

3. The average refractive index of Malaysian jade is 1.55, which is lower than that of jadeite.

4. The color will not turn red under the Charles filter, but the presence of dye can be observed under the 10x microscope, that is, the color is very floating, which is a phenomenon of dyeing.