Taiwan's Jade Secrets📿 - HOW TO IDENTIFY REAL JADE - private tour of Jade wholesaler's HUGE workshop
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- We got a special invite to visit a famous Jade workshop on Taiwan's east coast near Hualien. By blind luck, we ran into Mr. Hui Wen Su who happened to be from a family with a long history in the Jade trade. His shop attracts Jade tour groups from Japan and investors from across Taiwan. Take a look, he'll show you several simple techniques that you can use to determine if Jade is genuine or fake, as well as showing you had to detect other fake gemstones using decades old methods. If you are interested in arranging a visit to Mr. Su's shop (pronounced SOO) you can reach him from within Taiwan dial 0921-975709, from USA 011-866-921-975709. Mr. Su has also given over 1,000 private tours of Taroko Gorge. So if you've seen my other video, and are interested in an extremely knowledgeable and personable guide who speaks English, he's your man!
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if I want to find him how can I find his place? I'm planning to visit hualien next month it would be grateful if I can go and buy some piece of jade
sonita um please subscribe if you haven't already. Thanks for checking on the contact info, I just cleared it with the owner that I can post his phone# and he said 'yes please!'. So I'll post it this evening, thx for asking.
You can reach Mr. Su (pronounced SOO) on his mobile . From within Taiwan dial 0921-975709, from USA 011-866-921-975709
@@MoreFormosa thanks alot
I spent quite a bit of money on Hong Kong buying jade....I wish I saw this video sooner! I want to phone this guy and maybe do a video call and choose some jade to be shipped to Uk??
Hi @Sonita um, did you end up going to this jade shop?
Your camera was moving so fast that it was a blur of a very crowded store. Wish you would had scanned slower. The master was very informative.
yeah, I didn't anticipate using the footage for my channel until later, thought I'd post it in case there was value. thanks for checking it out
Great salesman. Doesn't matter if the jade is real or fake. He makes sure everyone is having a fun.
Thanks for your comment, great point, we did enjoy his sales presentation, charismatic character :-)
Loved this! Learned so much. I tried the hair test on my bracelet and the hair didn't burn! Thank you!
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your feedback at watching my channel
You should try it on a normal pebble too. When hair is stretched, it won't curl up.
Intrigued by this video therefore I tested my new piece of jade bought from a famous jeweller in Hong Kong. The burning hair around the jade worked....but hair didn’t burn on a porcelain spoon, a glass cup, and a porcelain bowl either, so I’m guessing this isn’t a good way to determine jade authenticity
Jenny Li Thanks for the note, yes porcelain is an insulator, widely used in industry for that purpose so it wouldn't work as test material, artificial jade is never made out of porcelain since it does not have any transparency, usually four different mineral families are used which conduct heat and melt hair, high density plastic resins will
melt from the heat so the flame trick helps root them out as well. It's important to practice the test on something you know is authentic so that you know how long and how close to hold the flame. Also scratch test, real jade scratches glass and steel, but you must have a sharp edge of jade
DestinationTaiwan ah yes no use testing on porcelain huh? Super interesting video and I’ve made a note of this Taiwan jade dealer and I shall definitely try and visit if I get a chance to visit Taiwan! 👍🏻
DestinationTaiwan I want to phone this dealer and see if we could do a video call so I can choose some jade, pay for it and have it posted to me in Uk??
Jenny Li Sounds like a creative use of tech, his phone number is posted in the video description, please post back if you buy something :-)
DestinationTaiwan definitely will do! Thanks for this video!!
Wow thank you, I have a few pieces my dad had from overseas, he was a Longshoreman and traveled to other Countries. I'm sure the Jade he left is real but I've always been curious just to check it. This is science! Lol the Jade is so cool it's literally bending the flame 😎
Awesome story! I bet he had some great adventures. And if if you anything older than 20 or 30 yrs it's much more likely to be the real deal. Save those things to pass onto your kids, very cool
Very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you, we appreciate the compliment!
This looks incredible!!! ❤
Thank you
Dude you're making me dizzy with how fast you whip the camera around😵
yeah vertigo sets in ;-) initially filming but wasn't expecting to use on youtube until I showed it to friends, they thought it was unique
I was thinking the same. Like, woah, slow that camera down lol
Seriously, it made the video unbearable to watch.
Yeah. Me too. Maybe that guy was high on drug!
@@MoreFormosa still a valuable video , thank you so much
I love watching jades mostly from Taiwan, I love Taiwan
Me too :-) Thank you for watching and your feedback!
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thank you sir for this amazing test, happy new year to your shop, from Australia
Thank you, Happy New Year
Thankyou for explaining to us👍
Thanks for the positive feedback, I'm glad someone is benefiting from the work that goes into my videos, it's just for fun but feels worthwhile when I see nice comments like this
Does he have an online shop for those of us who aren't planning to visit Taiwan anytime soon? thanks.
unfortunately he does not have an online shop, only physical store just north of Hualien, business address and contact info is in the video description and in my replies to some of the comment threads, hope that helps, have a great trip!
Thanks for posting this video.
Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate you watching my Jade video and channel 😄
I love thrifting and I was in a small town thrifting and found a GORGEOUS intricately designed gold ring with a jade stone. I left to continue my shopping but I couldnt get the ring out out my head. I went back and bought it. It's a real gold ring but the for the life of me I didnt know if the stone was real jade. I'm going to do the hair test!
awesome, lucky you! Treasure hunting is fun. If you have a chance, post a follow up after your test
I like that flame test it will definitely let you know if it's a polymer plastic or covered in resin
Thanks, let me know your experience with the test
@@MoreFormosa I'll probably get my ass.kicked for holding a lighter to someone's 200 dollar jade bracelet
haha, yeah that's true :-)
Thank you so much, for sharing this jewel of a Grandfather of Jade cutting ~ Love how he describes the "Chi", ~Wonderful
Thank you so much for watching my channel and the kind feedback!
Thanks for this video!! I would love to visit this shop
Thanks so much for checking out my video and the feedback, appreciate it !
The fire doesn’t damage the jade when you do this test?
great wuestion, it does not, the flame would only effect plastic, if the jade was a fake plastic. Otherwise, the stone is impervious to flame. I assume if you suddenly dunked hot jade into water to cool it, that could crack it though.
CHI = Pranic energy. I love to find that Qigong jade. I feel my Chi and feel it connect to the energies of various , stones and crystals. This why i collect these mineral beings. They help you evolve beyond the thinking mind and connect to your own inner presence.
What stones do you recommend for wealth and prosperity!
That would be a good question for the jade master, unfortunately I don't have an answer :-)
Love the video
Thank you very much!
Best ever❣️🤗💗
mucho gracias
That's a beautiful jade pendant that you got for your son.
Thank you, he was pretty happy to pickup something there. Thanks for the feedback and checking out my channel. please subscribe, I have three new videos I will post soon :-)
I would want to buy jade stone but I don't travel do u have a online site where I can buy online ??????
thanks for watching my channel. unfortunately he does not have a website
I wish the camera wasn’t shaking so much or the light was adjusted properly. It’s hard to see but very informative
yes, I'm a shitty hack, still learning
hello, does he have a website where I can purchase from
Hi Gwendolyn, unfortunately he does not have a website at this time but trying to convince him to sell online . thanks for watching the video
Best with subtitles..
Great suggestion, I'll add subtitles.
Time consuming tedious work... but I finally have subtitles added, thanks for the suggestion!
I tried the hair method on my jade and my water bottle, the hair did not burn. So?
very nice, thanks for checking out the video, that eliminates fake plastic and several types of stone fakes. Now may be worth having a jade pro evaluate it?
Does the owner of this shop have a website to sell his products, I find the genuine Jade so beautiful
Thanks for checking out my channel and posting a comment to. Unfortunately he does not have website. We feel he's really missing out on the market, we asked him about that too. He said he only sells in person visitors to his shop😢
Newbie in here,love to have a set of jade! How id wish i could have 2 set of bracelets and a pendant, lucky to know this vid...godbless
Thanks for the nice feedback! that is some expensive jade bling
Cannot afford to buy one,really it doubled the price now a days
yes, everything has become much more expensive due to thewuhan flu interrupting supply chains around the world
Godbles il just searching other vids of yours thnk u for d responce! Im daily open in my fb acount
Does he have a website I would like to buy some jade
Unfortunately he does not have a website, but if you have an opportunity to visit Taiwan, I put his contact info in the description.
Finally. The easiest way to spot a real jade
Thank you sir!
When I sold jewelry out of high school. You would teach a customer the different quality in diamonds, then after that you will show the products, and then they can see why there a different in cost, same technique here.
Great sales technique, build trust/skills then show off the treasure!
This helped me buying a jade bracelet in taipei..
That's awesome, thank you for the feedback!
Hi Sir, do you have an online store? I want to check your products, thanks
Thanks for checking out my channel Royalcate, Unfortunately the owner of the jade shop does not have an online store but I've included his contact info in the comments if you wish to reach out to him.
Thank you for your response. May I know a jadeite pendant same size as the boys pendant on the video and jadeite bangle. I'm just checking the price of real jadeit. I have bought several items already, even bracelet but its nephrite. Your response is highly appreciated.
How much is the jade you are holding tested in fire?Is that Jadeite or Nephrite? I only needed 1 pc pendant and hopefully 1 jadeite bangle. Thanks
I'll need to watch my video again to remind myself of the piece you are talking about, and I'll let you know. we checked a lot of items that day and bought several
does he have an online store or email if you want to purchase from him ?
Thank you for checking out my video. Great question, but unfortunately he doesn't have an online store, however his contact information is in the pinned comment.
@@MoreFormosa yea it was just a phone number . I wasn’t sure if he had an email .
@@sanf7115 Sadly that's his only contact info. I've had a lot of requests for it, I will prob visit him again, but not till this fall/winter. I plan to ask for an email address that I could post and prob make a follow up video too. Thanks again for watching my channel!
Hey man, any chance you have the address of the warehouse or Mr. Su‘s email address? Im based in Europe and want to get in touch with him. Thanks bud.
Thanks for checking out my channel. Mr Su's phone number is posted under a reply in the pinned comment, and his email address my be there as well. His warehouse is in Hualien Taiwan, but unfortunately I don't recall the street address. It's a wholesale warehouse so he doesn't have a store name. Hope this helps
Any tips on carving jade for an artistic type lacking stone carving knowledge?
Thanks for your question, but unfortunately I have no experience with that, It would be a good
topic for another video, maybe I can do in the future
How to order thevliget jade and hm
sorry, he has no online store
Nice video. Does Mr Hui Wen Su and his Jade workshop have an email?
Thank you for checking out my channel. I posted his contact info in video the description and also the comments, thank you
@@MoreFormosa I found the phonenumbers but can´t see any email. I will really appreciate if you can post his email here.
Let me check, I would need to go through all the comments I replied too, it's not something I have memorized
That rainbow jade is beautiful
Thanks for checking out my video, and the feedback. surprising there is stone as colorful as rainbow jade
is mr. su has a facebook? i have something to ask him about jades and buddha.
Unfortunately he does not have a facebook account but I have posted his contact info in the comments
Which one is fake?
a)The one that you can see your finger through? b) The one that you don’t see your finger?
c)or the one that you see on your finger after it went through?
Is it warm or cold?
great questions, transparency doesn't make something jade or not jade, but transparency is much higher quality jade. Jade is usually cold to the touch
Very interesting
Thank you!
Do they have online store now?
Unfortunately they do not have an online store at this time, but response to the video has been so great, they may consider it in the future
@@MoreFormosa thank you for the update. 😊
Jade is a fibrous stone like asbestos so it is burn resistant that's why heat treatment changes the color but the stone stays intact
you can't heat-treat jade to effect it's color, and it's not fibrous, it's a crystalline structure which is why it's such a hard and durable material.
Awesome
Thank you for checking out my videos and the feedback, I appreciate the support.
Do they sell online like shopee?😊
Unfortunately they do not sell online, I've tried to pitch the idea to him as well, but... he's old school :-)
Where place in taiwan pls the address thank you
Hello, it's on Highway 9 just north of Hualien. His phone number is in the video description.
Ok thank you po
Jade gives off chi real chi so it gives off energy
yes, supposedly it gives
off energy, as I'm told
Thank you for sharing
Great video
I learned a lot
geraldine pearson Thanks for watching ... and the feedback!
I can be a jade “expert” as well and then show you my “real” jade hoping you’ll purchase “real” jade from me. Point is… don’t purchase from the person selling you a product they know/hope you don’t know anything about.
good points
Hi sir may i ask if you buying jade stone....? From philippines sir thank you
I have in the past, but I am not a buyer. And would only buy from Taiwan, Burma or Guatemala
Did you buy some jade in Taiwan?
You buy jade sir
Where can find him?
His contact info is in the description and in some of the earlier replies. His workshop is in Hualien, Taiwan.
Interesting subject hard to get a good look at the pieces with all the camera shake.
yeah, I did a pretty bad job with this video, but I've got modern image stabilization camera now. Stick with me, I promise I'll be posting better content. Check out some of my latest videos. Also, I'll be posting an update to this jade store, the earthquake destroyed most of their large items which fell over or off of shelving and shattered. Trying to help out the business owner with a new video to promote his remaining inventory.
Hello po tanong ko lng kung saan tayo pwedi magbinta ng crystal heart
Hello! ko lng saan tayo! 😂
are jades can be broken by hammers?
yes, definitely ;-) so can diamonds
@@MoreFormosa how about an impact from falling?
@@frozenangell1 depends on the height of it falling I think but I wouldn’t try dropping my jades to see
Been doing jade hunting it realy difficult to get emerald colours, i dont thing it cost 6 dollar for green emerald
Yes. Green is rarest, clear green is rarest of rare
Very delicate.
yes, unfortunately an earthquake caused great damage to his inventory recently, I will post an updated video on that soon
Nice
Thanks
I have white jade please i want to sell it assist me
You're a lucky man. you might try a local jewelry store. or sell through an online auction site
The pink slab looks like rhodosite ? U need light spectrometer to see if is jadeite !
You may be right. I didn't have any tools with me to inspect further, this tour was a spontaneous thing suggested by our driver.
DestinationTaiwan and don’t buy just jade ! Be more specific and always ask if this piece is jadeite? Everything in China is jade ! even hard stone or soapstone! According to them! Gone give U small advice : with a strong light examine the pieces and the internal structure of jadeite should show little wooly pattern ,much different from nephrite where the internal pattern should looks like a small shingles positioned in different positions ! Have nice day .
The best place in H Kong was Joseph art but this was 34 yrs ago when I start collecting so they maybe out of business now. Got some great pieces there including vases, boulders etc. Have nice day .
His bracelets are memorizing
yeah he's got just about everything imaginable
I want to buy one of those jade jewelry
His contact information is in the pinned comment and the description, thanks for checking out my videos
Camera is soo fast, I didn’t see bubbles 😭
yeah, sorry :-( this tour was unexpected and I only had my phone to film with. Thanks for checking out my videos though.
i think it is diffirent between quality.. let me say in myanmar jade original 10000 got it too.. but the quality is really bad.. so this bad quality how do u wan to profe like i profe now?
yeah, there is no test for the quality of jade, that's in the eye of a trained expert, but these simple tests will eliminate common fakes, not true jadeite
I really need access to Taiwan market
It's definitely a great economy worth pursuing. Even the US dollar has fallen against the strong Taiwan NT dollar over the past year.
Excellence
Ppp
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does this shop has a name?
Thank you for checking out my channel! Unfortunately there is not a business sign at the warehouse\shop, they sell direct to customers but they are more focused on tour groups from Japan and the wholesale business. I did put the owners name, phone number and email in the description as well as in one of the earlier comment replies.
Hi. Does he have an email I can use to contact him. I tried to call the number but was unable to connect.
Elis Wong I don't have a personal email address for him, but I think I have one for his company on their business card, I'll look for the card and see if I can locate it.
I checked the business cards, unfortunately no email address. Here is an alternate phone number though. From within Taiwan call 03-826-0997
@@MoreFormosa where location at Taiwan ?
@@kimryansalvador9085 Hi Kimryan, it is on the east coast of Taiwan, just north of the city of Hualien.
@@MoreFormosa Do you know His Selling Store Name of Jade?
Does he mean human hair or any hair of animals like pets dogs or cat or horse?
good question, he means human hair. I suppose you could test a piece of real jade with dog hair and see the result? That would be an interesting test
I like this
thank yah!
Good. Job from.Lao
Thank you for visiting
Need ur help
I'm here to help ;-)
Jade is really cool
agree, a beautiful gemstone
I have 1/3 kilo of rough Jade stone color green,I'd like to sell
your are a lucky
man
I'm interested with the video but you have an unsteady hands and camera does not have stabilization, was not able to finish the vid it made me feel dizzy.
yeah my shitty camera work, didn't have any equipment with me at the time when we stumbled into this, just used my phone :-P
I have a jade here im just found in the rat ..if we sell this stone how much could be the prizes ?
aweseome, thanks for checking it out
Why did you move the camera so much...I feel dizzy
yeah, I had no gimbal with me, and I'm a video noob ;-)
Hello
I hope you are doing well. My name is Mr.Noman I'm looking for a real stone buyer or owner of this company as this meeting/deal will be more important then you thought.More details will be share in our next conversation.
Thanks
His contact info is in the comments
I don know what bubbles in jade looks like
yeah it's plastic or glass if you do see bubbles!
Hair doesn't melt
sure it does, you never been singed by a campfire, gas stove or grill? I have, hah... I can confirm
I can do this on a plastic cup.
intresting way to test 👍🏼😁
@@MoreFormosa no I mean the test is bogus.
We got here, unearthed...
thats good to know :-)
I thought jade was worth more than gold...
yes, high quality jade can be worth
much more than gold, on par with precious gemstones in it's highest quality form of color, clarity and no inclusions/cracks
This video would be very helpful IF THERE ARE CAPTIONS on what the jeweler is trying to say. I could hardly understand his English.
There are captions, hit the youtube captions button to display them over the video
没礼貌。
I love this video
Thanks Ruzana!
Qi - air (unseen by the eyes).
yes, a lot of expertise is needed
Good. Joob. From. Lao
Thank you
This would have been great, but the camera motion is making me dizzy. Slow and steady movements please.🥴
yes, I agree, better next time, I promise :-)
Boy oh boy, do you need to learn how to use a video camera....
You are waving it about like a flag on parade day...
If there is something that catches our eye, its impossible to get a fixed vue so that we can spend a few seconds or freeze the video. Everything is a blur....
Try to scan in one direction, scan slowly, try filming one object and move the camera around the object in a smooth continuous motion. Never video going back and forth like you are swatting flys.
The nails... sure original 😅
yes! lol thanks for checking out my channel
I’d like to send you a picture of a gold coin that I think has pieces of jade in it 14 karat gold😊😊
Great, I'd like to see it. Can you post a link to the photo in your next comment? I can view it that way
🎥📹📽
Thanks for checking out my channel, yes this one was filmed haphazardly :-)
I think I have a bracelet and I don't know how to read it I think it is real
Try finding someone that specializes in jade. 99% of jewelry stores have no experience in evaluating jade, even though they may sell some jade in their shop. Jade is harder to assess than any gemstone
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I can’t watch. it makes me dizzy 😵💫
hah, sorry about the shaky camera, I did a pretty bad job with this video, but I've got modern image stabilization camera now. Stick with me, I promise I'll be posting better content. Check out some of my latest videos. Also, I'll be posting an update to this Taiwan jade store, the earthquake destroyed most of their large items which fell over or off of shelving and shattered. He lost most of his inventory value. Trying to help out the business owner with a new video to promote his remaining stock.
Nice article but the camera work is terrible!
yeah it sucks… trying to improve though. I have better equipment and technique. Try checking my latest videos, some small improvement I hope 😁
Your camera was moving too fast, i felt dizzy after watching
I appreciate you taking time to watch my video content. Yeah I'm a terrible hack at filming, hopefully I've improved 😅
Your lighting is terrible! Whoever is camera man.
Doing my best ;-)