我们平时习惯称为玉器的饰件及器件,实际包括了翡翠和玉两大类。翡翠:矿物学中叫硬玉,或缅甸玉,硬度6～7级。玉则称中国玉,软玉,二者并不是同一物,只不过习惯将翡翠称为“玉”罢了。 俗语说:“黄金易得,翡翠难求”。翡翠亦有“无价宝”之说。世界上称得上最名贵的算是缅甸翡翠,它出产于缅甸北部的孟拱、密支那等地,产量极为稀少,它有玻璃样光泽,一般是翠绿色,也有淡黄色、白色、红色、紫色。通常红的称为 We usually used to call the jade ornaments and devices, actually includes jade and jade two categories. Jade: mineralogy called jade, or Burma jade, hardness 6 to 7. Jade is said to Chinese jade, nephrite, the two are not the same thing, but the habit of jade called “jade” nothing. As the saying goes: “easy to get gold, emerald hard to find.” Jade also have “no price treasure,” said. The world’s most expensive is Burmese emerald, which is produced in northern Myanmar, such as Meng Gong, Myitkyina and other places, production is extremely scarce, it has a glass-like luster, usually emerald, but also yellow, white, red, purple . Usually red is called