羊脂白玉又“羊脂玉”，顾名思义就是犹如羊脂（俗称羊油）一样的玉石。现代宝玉石学家的解释是：优质和田玉白玉，其颜色呈脂白色（可稍泛淡青色、乳黄色等），质地细腻滋润，油脂性好，可有少量石花等杂质。羊脂白玉中主要含有透闪石(95%)、阳起石和绿帘石，状如凝脂，为软玉的一类。

羊脂白玉属于和田玉白玉玉中的优质品种，羊脂白玉是带着油脂光泽的纯白，在烛光之下的光晕是柔和而微微泛黄的，如同凝脂一般， 羊脂白玉的子玉浸泡在昆仑山下荒原或绿洲的地下水土中千百万年，产量稀少价值很高。羊脂白玉晶莹洁白，细腻滋润而少瑕疵，“白如截肪”。其特点就是，特别的细腻、光亮、温润。上佳的羊脂白玉近于无瑕，好似刚刚割开的肥羊脂肪肉，而光泽正如凝炼的油脂。

和田羊脂玉挂件

羊脂玉：和田玉由于开采地质不同，也分为山料，山流水料，隔壁料，籽料，其中价值最高的当属于籽料。高质量的和田玉籽料均采自河中，它经过上千年的河水冲刷，变得细腻晶莹、如凝如脂，才成为著名的和田玉。和田白玉名闻中外，西汉文学家东方朔的《海内十洲记》曾誉其为“白玉之精”。历代进贡皇帝的新疆玉石，多取自这种和田白玉之最上品。由于这种白玉质地细腻，纯洁浑白，色如羊脂，故又名羊脂玉。

毛孔：和田玉属于交织状结晶结构，内部密度是有差异的，这种不均匀结构是产生毛孔的基础条件。籽料在经过千百年河水的冲刷及侵蚀、沙石的碰撞及摩擦，表面就形成了像人体皮肤毛孔一样的凹凸不平的小坑，这种小孔就被形象的称为籽料的“毛孔”。

这些毛孔看上去很自然，大小不等、有高有低、凹凸不平、错落有致、分布不均，大小过渡自然，有脉络感，毛孔内包浆与其他部位一致。

无论籽料的皮色如何，肉质如何，毛孔是其必备的特征，哪怕再细腻的籽料，通过放大镜也是能观察到表面毛孔的。所以，毛孔的鉴别就成为了鉴别籽料非常重要的一个因素。

和田玉洒金皮观音挂件

“洒金皮”和田玉籽料的颜色为金色，其以点状或片状分布于籽料表面，看上去就像点点金子洒在表面一般，因此而得名。洒金皮是和田玉籽料中的精品，极其罕见，市场价值不菲。

洒金皮下的玉质都是相对比较紧密、细腻。籽料的肉先看细度，其中包括两方面：二是结构的细度，即短云絮的细密均匀程度。一般而言细腻度高，温润感也高，给人一种想把玩的感觉。

其次看油性：油性是籽料的重要特征，是由内而外散发出来油润的感觉，观之光泽柔和，抚之油润光滑，爱不释手。

然后再看脂粉：脂粉指润度，油润性;给人一种浑厚凝重的感觉。通俗的说就像秋天熟透的果实，沉甸甸地带着内光而不浮透。

文化

文化：油润细腻的质地，“色如截脂”的净白，“常如肥物所染”的光泽，符合中国传统文化含蓄的审美观念，不张扬，不艳丽，不耀眼，用一种“精光内蕴”的美，吸引了中国人几千年。羊脂玉的美丽之中有一种神秘的魅力，多少人为之痴狂陶醉，千金散尽亦不悔。

古人关于玉有“五德”、“九德”、“十一德”的种种论述，更将玉石的人文内涵提高到了一种神圣的地步。

收藏价值：自古道，“黄金有价玉无价”。这三件和田玉籽料挂件，表面毛孔自然大小不一，是鉴定和田玉最直接的方法，再看颜色是带有油脂光泽的白，在白色中有的可透出微微的黄色，整体油感足，凝如羊脂，入手温润，久握存温，且温度流失缓慢，经专家鉴定，为难得的和田羊脂白玉，和田玉投资一直都被关注，一篇‘疯狂的石头’报道了羊脂玉涨幅千倍，令人咋舌，如今新疆本地也找不出羊脂玉了，再加上政府禁止开采，形成了十玉九藏的局面，使得和田玉价格水涨船高。

英文翻译：Suet white jade and "suet jade", as the name implies is like suet (commonly known as suet) the same jade. Modern baoyu stone scientist's explanation is: high quality Hetian jade white jade, its color is fat white (can slightly pale green, milky yellow, etc.), delicate and moist texture, grease is good, there can be a small amount of stone flowers and other impurities. Suet white jade mainly contains tremolite (95%), actinite and epidote, like condensed fat, for a class of nephrite.

Suet white jade belongs to the high quality variety of Hetian jade white jade, suet white jade is pure white with grease luster, under the candlelight halo is soft and slightly yellow, as condensate, suet white jade immersed in the kunlun mountain wasteland or oasis underground water and soil for millions of years, rare yield value is very high. White jade fat crystal white, delicate moist and few defects, "white as cut". Its characteristic is, special delicate, bright, warm run. The best white jade is almost flawless, like freshly cut sheep, and its luster is like condensed grease.

Hetian suet jade pendant

Sheep fat jade: hetian jade because mining geology is different, also cent is mountain makings, mountain flowing water makings, next door makings, seed makings, among them the value is highest when belong to seed makings. High quality hetian jade seed materials are collected from the river, it after thousands of years of river erosion, become exquisite crystal, such as condensate such as fat, just become famous Hetian jade. Hetian white jade is famous at home and abroad, and dongfangshuo, a litterateur of the Western Han Dynasty, once praised it as "the essence of white jade". Past dynasties tribute to the emperor of Xinjiang jade, more from this hetian white jade of the highest grade. Because this kind of white jade texture is delicate, pure muddy white, color such as suet, it is also known as suet jade.

Pores: Hetian jade belongs to interlacing crystalline structure, internal density is different, this uneven structure is the basic condition of pores. Seed material after thousands of years of river erosion and erosion, sand and stone collision and friction, the surface of the formation of the human skin pores like uneven pits, this hole is known as the image of seed material "pores".

These pores look very natural, ranging in size, high and low, uneven, scattered, uneven distribution, natural size transition, with a sense of vein, pore inside the pulp and other parts of the same.

No matter how the skin color of seed material is, how is the meat quality, pore is its essential feature, even if again delicate seed material, through the magnifying glass is also able to observe the surface pore. Therefore, the identification of pore has become a very important factor in the identification of seed material.

Hetian jade sprinkled gold skin avalokitesvara pendant

"Sprinkle gold skin" hetian jade seed material for the color of gold, its point or flake distribution on the surface of seed material, looks like a little gold sprinkled on the surface, so the name. Sprinkle gold skin is hetian jade seed material in the boutique, extremely rare, the market value is not cheap.

Sprinkled with gold skin under the jade quality is relatively close, delicate. The meat of seed material sees fineness first, including two aspects: 2 is the fineness of structure, namely the fineness and evenness of short cloud catkin. Generally speaking exquisite degree is tall, wen Run feeling is tall also, give a person a kind of feeling that wants to play.

See oiliness next: oiliness is the important feature of seed material, it is the feeling that sends out oil embellish from inside and outside, the burnish of view is downy, fondle the oil embellish is smooth, fondle fondly.

Then look at the powder: powder refers to moistness, oil moistness; Give a person a kind of deep and dignified feeling. Colloquially, it is like ripe fruits in autumn, heavy with inner light but not floating through.

culture

Culture: oily and delicate texture, "color like cut fat" white, "often like fat dyed" luster, in line with the implicit aesthetic concept of Traditional Chinese culture, not publicity, not gorgeous, not dazzling, with a "pure inner beauty", attracted Chinese people for thousands of years. There is a mysterious charm in the beauty of suet jade, how many people infatuated, daughter dispersed also do not regret.

The ancient people on jade "five virtues", "nine virtues", "eleven virtues" all kinds of discussions, but also jade humanistic connotation to a sacred level.

Collection value: Since ancient times, "gold is valuable, jade is priceless". This three pieces of hetian jade seed makings is hanged, surface pore sizes and nature is the most direct method of identification of hetian jade, then look at the color is white with oily luster, some can give slightly yellow in white, whole oil foot feeling, setting such as suet, starting with a warm, with the long storage temperature, and slow temperature erosion via expert appraisal, as a rare hetian suet white jade, Hetian jade investment has been concerned, a 'crazy stone' reported that suet jade rose one thousand times, staggering, now xinjiang local also can not find suet jade, coupled with the government ban mining, the formation of ten jade nine Tibetan situation, making hetian jade prices rise.