Jade Identifier – Identify Jade by Photo
Inherited or thrifted a green stone you think is jade? Upload a photo to identify the likely type and spot common fakes.
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How to Identify Jade
Three quick steps to an instant, AI-powered identification.
Photograph the piece in bright, natural light against a plain background, with a close-up of the surface texture and any carving.
Our AI reads the color, translucency, surface luster, and grain, weighing whether the stone looks like jadeite, nephrite, or a common substitute.
Receive the most likely jade type, color grade cues, and the tells that separate genuine jade from dyed quartz, glass, and serpentine.
Other Ways to Identify Jade
The Cold & Heft Test
Real jade feels cold, dense, and heavy for its size, and warms slowly in the hand — a quick in-person sanity check a photo can't fully replace.
Look for Dye & Bubbles
A loupe can reveal dye pooling in cracks or air bubbles that betray glass and treated stones posing as jade.
Gemological Testing
Refractive index and specific-gravity tests at a gem lab give a definitive jadeite-vs-nephrite answer for valuable pieces.
Photo Quality
- ✓Shoot in bright, neutral daylight to capture the true green.
- ✓Backlight translucent pieces to show how light passes through.
- ✓Take a loupe-close shot of the surface and any cracks.
- ✓Use a plain white background so color reads accurately.
Best Practices
- •Photograph carvings and edges where dye tends to collect.
- •Include a scale reference for size.
- •Avoid strong filters that shift the stone's real color.
- •Capture both polished and rough areas if the piece has them.
Jade & Look-Alikes Our AI Recognizes
Our AI recognizes a wide range of types — here are some of the most common.
The rarer, harder, and more valuable true jade.
The more common true jade, often carved.
Stones and materials frequently sold as jade.
Real jade altered to fake higher grades.
Common jade forms you'll want identified.
Minerals mistaken for jade.
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