Hetian jade has sapphire. There are many kinds of Hetian jade, such as suet jade, white jade, jet, sapphire, topaz and sugar jade, so sapphire belongs to Hetian jade.
Hetian jade sapphire is one of the four categories of Hetian jade, which is distributed in Kunlun Mountain in Xinjiang, China, and is the most important category of Hetian jade. Sapphire varies in color from light cyan to dark cyan. The ancient records are buttercup, snuff, crab shell, Julia and so on. In modern times, there are different shades of colors, including light blue, dark blue, navy blue, gray blue, dark gray blue and so on.
Sapphire is one of the four categories of Hetian jade, mainly distributed in Kunlun Mountain, south of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. It is the largest component of Hetian jade, and its material composition is similar to that of white jade. Among them, some exquisite sapphires have better toughness. Sapphire varies in color from light cyan to dark cyan. The ancient records are buttercup, snuff, crab shell, Julia and so on.
Historical origin:
Throughout the development history of Hetian jade, sapphire has been used for thousands of years and has been playing an important role because of its huge quantity. For example, there are a large number of sapphire products in Liangzhu culture. Jade unearthed from the tomb of a good woman in Yin Ruins is regarded as an important discovery in the history of jade use. The widely used Hetian jade is sapphire.
From Shang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty and Warring States Period, sapphire has always been the most used in Hetian jade. It was not until the Han dynasty that white jade began to be valued, but sapphire was not submerged by the tide, and it was always juxtaposed with white jade on the historical stage, which was loved and respected by people.