The colors in dushan jade are complex and diverse, which is due to color minerals and various pigment ions. Among them, more than 50% is variegated jade, 30% is green jade and 10% is white jade. Emerald is green or emerald green when it contains chromium; It is yellow when it contains vanadium; When it contains iron, manganese and copper at the same time, it is reddish; When it contains titanium, iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt, zinc and tin, it is mostly purple. Dushan jade is a kind of multicolored jade, which can be divided into eight varieties by color. [ 1]?

Green dushan jade

Green to emerald green, including green, gray-green, blue-green, yellow-green, often accompanied by white jade alone, uneven color distribution, mostly irregular strip, filiform or block distribution. Fine texture, similar to jade, with glass luster, transparent to translucent properties vary, of which translucent blue-green jade is the best variety in dushan jade, also known as "Tianlan Jade" or "Nanyang Jade" in business. In mining, the output of this high-quality variety is decreasing. But it is mostly gray-green opaque green jade.

Red dushan jade

Also known as "Furong Red". It is often pink or hibiscus, with different shades, generally slightly transparent to opaque, with fine texture and good luster, which has a transitional relationship with Baidu jade. The content of this jade is less than 5%.